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September 10, 2016 Night

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 78 degrees in Brooklyn. There is a south-southwest breeze at 15 mph. The dew point is 73 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 11 am.

It was an interesting ride down here, but i have to say I am glad I wasn’t driving. I would have never found a parking spot for Big Red in Brooklyn, and the traffic is pretty scary. It was an interesting trip down, we went through Lower Manhattan and got to pass by City Hall and cross the Brooklyn Bridge. Kind of remarkable how that ancient bridge still carries so much traffic all these years later. Hot and long day on the city, although I did go for a walk on the beach and enjoy some of the fresh sea breeze. A long and crazy day, but sometimes traveling you get to see different places and experience things both good and bad.

That said, I’m looking more forward to my second leg of this trip and visiting a lot of great places in Central New York this fall. Assuming I survive city traffic to make it back upstate. Sometimes I just have to close my eyes. I hope to catch the sunset from Lake Ontario one of the days, head up to Salmon River Falls and maybe fish the Salmon RIver, head to Green Lakes State Park and also Labrador Hollow once the fall colors reach peak colors, and many other trips. Maybe get down to the Finger Lakes at some point?

Then in November, I’m thinking of heading back to West Virginia and then hit the Blue Ridge Parkway and take it south of Roanoke, Virginia. Should be a lot warmer when I head south. Then eventually I think I will take a trip in late November to the North Country for hunting and camping. I had a lot of fun camping at Brasher State Forest  last November. Honestly, November is one of my favorite months of the year to camp, despite the short days and cooler weather. The big buddy heater, makes the wilderness feel a whole lot less colder during the cold part of the year.

But for tonight in the city, we will have a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 74 degrees at 5am.  Maximum dew point of 74 at 1am. South wind 13 to 15 mph. Waxing Gibbous Moon tonight with 62% illuminated. The moon will set around 3:35 am. The Full “Corn” Moon is on Friday at 7:05 pm with clear skies expected.

Tomorrow will have showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high of 85 degrees at 3pm. Maximum dew point of 71 at 6am. Southwest wind around 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The sun will rise at 6:32 am with the first light at 6:05 am, which is 58 seconds later then yesterday.

Looking ahead, Citizenship Day is in 1 weeks, First Day with Average High Below 70 in Albany is in 2 weeks, October 1st is in 3 weeks, Columbus Day is in 1 month, Make a Difference Day is in 6 weeks and New Years Eve is in 16 weeks. It’s remarkable to think we have New Years Eve to think about so soon.

Good Morning! Happy Friday.

Good Morning! Happy Friday. At the end of the day, we can say the weekend has come back around. Looks like a nice weekend, and I might be able to get out of town if a choose, as I should be picking up a loaner car this afternoon. If I go camping, I will have to see if my white gas lantern works, as it’s been a long time since I’ve actually turned it on. In recent years, I’ve done things mostly electrically.

I am still hopeful about Independence Day Weekend and having my truck back. It’s a possibility, although who knows. I might still go tent camping if I don’t have the truck.

Further out, I got to figure out where I am going, assuming I take a week off in mid to late July. I want to try to get at least week off to go somewhere. I kind of got busy, and never got around to plan things out for going down to West Virginia and Virginia. I also don’t know if I want to go down there in the hottest part of the summer – it could be downright hot. Maybe I should go there in the fall, during my November trip. But I also don’t want to spend too much time down there in the fall, as that will cut into time I have back in New York to go hunting.

I could envision this summer taking a trip through the Adirondacks in mid to late July. Maybe start out at Moose River Plains, then Independence River, then out to Lowville, then maybe the Western Adirondacks lake Greenwood State Forest and Streeter Lake. Maybe then end up in Deer River area and Walter Pratt/Brasher Falls State Forest in Massena. Then come back through Plattsburgh.

Sometime in July or August I want to get back down to the Western Catskills again, maybe camping on Mary Smith Hill. Try my hand at fishing the Beaverkill and poking around Roscoe and visit Cables Lake. Then maybe head down into Poconos of Pennsylvania for a day.