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Second half of August 🎪

So it would seem as time marches on so quickly. Altamont Fair is underway. Tomorrow it’s off to the Adirondacks and it should be a nice day and hopefully Friday won’t be too cold and wet. Got some books to read on Friday, I’ll toss in the heater in case I want to warm my hands.

Good morning! What day is it? A a happy Pseudo Friday for Me Day, of course. Rain and 65 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 63 degrees. The skies will clear around 3 pm.

Out walking 🚶 this morning, red kidney beans cooking down on the stove 🍲 to enjoy with maple syrup up at camp this weekend. Thinking cold black coffee ☕ this morning, cream of wheat with chia seeds, yogurt, lemon 🍋 maybe a touch of stevia and some cherries 🍒 to get the day started. And maybe some of the red beans with maple syrup for protein. Save the rest for camp. 🏕

Today will have patchy drizzle with a chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 2pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 79 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 1st. Maximum dew point of 69 at 2pm. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1936.

I’m on the fence about taking Blackie 🚵 to work today. I don’t think it’s going to rain but there is always the chance. On the other hand, I kind of like taking my bike to work, doesn’t add much time but it’s free exercise especially the ride back home 🏡 and saves on the bus 🚍 fare. Food Festival is today, so I’ll have to take Howard rather than ride across the Plaza at the end of the day and they’re a risk of thunderstorm ⛈. Time wise it doesn’t make much difference, but I also don’t want to be too tired when I get packed tonight. Plan is to leave by around 8 AM or so tomorrow, though not too early as I’m not sure when Samdill Farm Stand opens, though I want to hit that on the way up. 🌽 🥦

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.2° from the due south horizon (-9.6° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:19 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (283°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (290°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:58 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 4 seconds with dusk around 8:26 pm, which is one minute and 29 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west-northwest (291°) at an altitude of 1° from the horizon, 252,188 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:05 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 77 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 55 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 33 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌆, with a low of 64 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 68 at 6pm. Light south wind. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1979.

Tomorrow looks beautiful with only a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm, as it’s summer. ☀️ Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Then Thursday night it turns wetter with showers and thunderstorms likely. Hopefully late enough, it won’t impact my evening. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Plan is to leave early 🌅 hopefully around 8 AM or 9 AM, then head north with the first stop to top off my tank in Rotterdam, then Sandil’s Farm in Tribes Hill for veggies 🥦 🌽 then to Walmart in Johnstown for a few groceries and supplies 🛒, then maybe Rogers Orchards 🍎 for fresh apples, then up hopefully to the House Pond Campsite. By noontime, I want to get camp set up 🏕 , inflate the tube, and get floating in the East Branch, as it might be the warmest day. Then in the evening, ride up to Potholers and cool off in the Potholers. 📻 I’ve downloaded several podcasts and Youtube videos to listen to while up at camp.

Come Friday, it’s a bit of a wet start. 🌧 Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 6 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maybe not a washout. Then Friday night, a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

I got from “Salt, fat, acid, heat : mastering the elements of good cooking” by Samin Nosrat from the library 📚 and plan on reading it on Friday morning. ♨ I think I will pack the heater, so I can warm up next to it in case it’s cold. Also going to pack the screen tent, 🎪 as it’s been such a wet summer and I’m thinking it could be buggy. 🐜 By evening it shouldn’t be too bad, might go for a nice ride on Blackie 🚲 along Piseco-Powley Road with the headlight as I get back late, as sunset is around 8 PM. Maybe too cold to swim, but who knows. 🌆

A picture perfect weekend after we get past Friday on tap. 😎 Cool but sunny. Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Maximum dew point of 56 at 1pm. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 84. Maximum dew point of 64 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 82 degrees. I am thinking I want to ride most of Piseco-Powley Road and hike back to Goldmine Stream Falls or maybe Sand Like on Saturday. Sunday, maybe the Potholers and then end the day in Little Falls, exploring Moss Island and the Herkimer Home, and riding the Erie Canal Trail. I am not planning to get home until dusk, so I will have the full afternoon and evening. I am undecided if I’ll bring the kayak, I’m actually leaning against it at this point. 🛶 Paddling the Mohawk River might be fun but I can see more on Blackie on the bike trail.

Today in 1916, the Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States signed. 🐦 It was designed to save Migratory Birds by giving them international protection for the first time by placing limits on hunting and other means of taking. It became a center part of protecting the flock of birds, requiring duck stamps among other things.

In 1989, a solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, 😎 leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market. Sometimes the sun isn’t so nice, not that we’ve had much of it recently but hopefully tomorrow and most of the weekend, bar maybe a few hours of showers on Friday morning. We are though overdue for a big solar storm, and that could be very disruptive to every day life across the world, as the power grid gets shutdown and radio networks go dead during the storm.

Also, in 1993, Debian Linux is announced, 🐧 it would become the basis of many forms of Linux like Ubuntu Linux, which is currently what I run on my home computer. 👨‍💻 I’m not sure I love the direction Ubuntu has been going lately with the snaps, but I do like the XFCE window manager and I don’t know if I want to change over to a totally new distro, having to reinstall everything. Maybe eventually when I get a new laptop when my current one wears out — it’s now going on 7 years old, and while I don’t care it’s getting old but I do worry physical components wear out after a while. That said, I don’t carry it around as much now as I use my phone for most things.

And in 1966, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. 🏵 The committee stated to intended to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. A long time ago now — but it reminds me a bit of the War in Iraq when I was young with Bush as President.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ when the sun will be setting at 7:35 pm with dusk at 8:03 pm. On that day in 2022, we had rain and temperatures between 90 and 66 degrees. We hit a record high of 98 back in 1953. The 1953 heat wave!

Boards of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES)

BOCES	Districts
Boards of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES)
Broome-Delaware-Tioga	Binghamton City, Chenango Forks, Chenango Valley, Deposit, Harpursville, Johnson City, Maine-Endwell, Newark Valley, Owego-Apalachin, Susquehanna Valley, Tioga, Union-Endicott, Vestal, Whitney Point, Windsor
Capital Region	Albany City, Berne-Knox-Westerlo, Bethlehem, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Cobleskill-Richmondville, Cohoes City, Duanesburg, Green Island, Guilderland, Menands, Middleburgh, Niskayuna, North Colonie, Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, Rotterdam-Mohonasen, Schalmont, Schenectady City, Schoharie, Scotia-Glenville, Sharon Springs, Shenendehowa, South Colonie, Voorheesville, Watervliet City
Cattar-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming	Allegany-Limestone, Andover, Belfast, Bolivar-Richburg, Cattaraugus-Little Valley, Cuba-Rushford, Ellicottville, Fillmore, Franklinville, Friendship, Genesee Valley, Hinsdale, Olean City, Portville, Randolph, Salamanca City, Scio, Wellsville, West Valley, Whitesville, Yorkshire-Pioneer
Cayuga-Onondaga	Auburn City, Cato-Meridian, Jordan-Elbridge, Moravia, Port Byron, Skaneateles, Southern Cayuga, Union Springs, Weedsport
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washing	Ausable Valley, Beekmantown, Boquet Valley, Chazy, Crown Point, Keene, Moriah, Northeastern Clinton, Northern Adirondack, Peru, Plattsburgh City, Putnam, Saranac, Schroon Lake, Ticonderoga, Willsboro
Delaw-Chenango-Madison-Otsego	Afton, Bainbridge-Guilford, Delaware Academy Csd At, Downsville, Franklin, Georgetown-South Otselic, Gilbertsville-Mount Upton, Greene, Hancock, Norwich City, Otego-Unadilla, Oxford Academy &, Sherburne-Earlville, Sidney, Unadilla Valley, Walton
Dutchess	Arlington, Beacon City, Dover, Hyde Park, Millbrook, Northeast, Pawling, Pine Plains, Poughkeepsie City, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Spackenkill, Wappingers
Eastern Suffolk	Amagansett, Bay Shore, Bayport-Blue Point, Brentwood, Bridgehampton, Brookhaven-Comsewogue, Center Moriches, Central Islip, Connetquot, East Hampton, East Islip, East Moriches, East Quogue, Eastport-South Manor, Fire Island, Fishers Island, Greenport, Hampton Bays, Hauppauge, Islip, Longwood, Mattituck-Cutchogue, Middle Country, Miller Place, Montauk, Mt Sinai, New Suffolk Comn, Oysterponds, Patchogue-Medford, Port Jefferson, Quogue, Remsenburg-Speonk, Riverhead, Rocky Point, Sachem, Sag Harbor, Sagaponack Comn, Sayville, Shelter Island, Shoreham-Wading River, South Country, Southampton, Southold, Springs, Three Village, Tuckahoe Comn, Wainscott Comn, West Islip, Westhampton Beach, William Floyd
Erie 1	Akron, Alden, Amherst, Buffalo City, Cheektowaga, Cheektowaga-Maryvale, Clarence, Cleveland Hill, Depew, Frontier, Grand Island, Hamburg, Hopevale Ufsd At, Kenmore-Tonawanda, Lackawanna City, Lancaster, Sweet Home, Tonawanda City, West Seneca, Williamsville
Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus	Bemus Point, Brocton, Cassadaga Valley, Chautauqua Lake, Clymer, Dunkirk City, East Aurora, Eden, Evans-Brant Csd (Lake Shore), Falconer, Forestville, Fredonia, Frewsburg, Gowanda, Holland, Iroquois, Jamestown City, North Collins, Orchard Park, Panama, Pine Valley Csd (South Dayton), Ripley, Sherman, Silver Creek, Southwestern Csd At, Springville-Griffith Inst, Westfield
Franklin-Essex-Hamilton	Brushton-Moira, Chateaugay, Lake Placid, Long Lake, Malone, Raquette Lake, Salmon River, Saranac Lake, St Regis Falls, Tupper Lake
Genesee Valley	Alexander, Attica, Avon, Batavia City, Byron-Bergen, Caledonia-Mumford, Dalton-Nunda Csd (Keshequa), Dansville, Elba, Geneseo, Le Roy, Letchworth, Livonia, Mt Morris, Oakfield-Alabama, Pavilion, Pembroke, Perry, Warsaw, Wayland-Cohocton, Wyoming, York
Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery	Amsterdam City, Broadalbin-Perth, Canajoharie, Edinburg Common, Fonda-Fultonville, Fort Plain, Gloversville City, Johnstown City, Lake Pleasant, Mayfield, Northville, Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville, Piseco Comn, Wells, Wheelerville
Herk-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego	Central Valley Csd At Ilion-, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Herkimer, Little Falls City, Mount Markham, Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville, Poland, Richfield Springs, Van Hornesville-Owen D Young, West Canada Valley
Jeffer-Lewis-Hamil-Herk-Oneida	Adirondack, Alexandria, Beaver River, Belleville-Henderson, Carthage, Copenhagen, General Brown, Indian River, Inlet Comn, La Fargeville, Lowville Academy &, Lyme, Sackets Harbor, South Jefferson, South Lewis, Thousand Islands, Town Of Webb, Watertown City
Madison-Oneida	Camden, Canastota, Hamilton, Madison, Morrisville-Eaton, Oneida City, Rome City, Sherrill City, Stockbridge Valley
Monroe 1	Brighton, East Irondequoit, East Rochester, Fairport, Honeoye Falls-Lima, Penfield, Pittsford, Rochester City, Rush-Henrietta, Webster, West Irondequoit
Monroe 2-Orleans	Brockport, Churchville-Chili, Gates-Chili, Greece, Hilton, Holley, Kendall, Spencerport, Wheatland-Chili
Nassau	Baldwin, Bellmore, Bellmore-Merrick Central School, Bethpage, Carle Place, East Meadow, East Rockaway, East Williston, Elmont, Farmingdale, Floral Park-Bellerose, Franklin Square, Freeport, Garden City, Glen Cove City, Great Neck, Hempstead, Herricks, Hewlett-Woodmere, Hicksville, Island Park, Island Trees, Jericho, Lawrence, Levittown, Locust Valley, Long Beach City, Lynbrook, Malverne, Manhasset, Massapequa, Merrick, Mineola, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park, North Bellmore, North Merrick, North Shore, Oceanside, Oyster Bay-East Norwich, Plainedge, Plainview-Old Bethpage, Port Washington, Rockville Centre, Roosevelt, Roslyn, Seaford, Sewanhaka Central School, Syosset, Uniondale, Valley Stream 13, Valley Stream 24, Valley Stream 30, Valley Stream Central School, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Westbury
Oneida-Herkimer-Madison	Brookfield, Clinton, Holland Patent, New Hartford, Ny Mills, Oriskany, Remsen, Sauquoit Valley, Utica City, Waterville, Westmoreland, Whitesboro
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison	Baldwinsville, Cazenovia, Chittenango, Cincinnatus, Cortland City, Deruyter, East Syracuse Minoa, Fabius-Pompey, Fayetteville-Manlius, Homer, Jamesville-Dewitt, Lafayette, Liverpool, Lyncourt, Marathon, Marcellus, Mcgraw, North Syracuse, Onondaga, Solvay, Syracuse City, Tully, West Genesee, Westhill
Orange-Ulster	Chester, Cornwall, Florida, Goshen, Greenwood Lake, Highland Falls, Kiryas Joel Village, Marlboro, Middletown City, Minisink Valley, Monroe-Woodbury, Newburgh City, Pine Bush, Port Jervis City, Tuxedo, Valley Csd (Montgomery), Warwick Valley, Washingtonville
Orleans-Niagara	Albion, Barker, Lewiston-Porter, Lockport City, Lyndonville, Medina, Newfane, Niagara Falls City, Niagara-Wheatfield, North Tonawanda City, Royalton-Hartland, Starpoint, Wilson
Oswego	Altmar-Parish-Williamstown, Central Square, Fulton City, Hannibal, Mexico, Oswego City, Phoenix, Pulaski, Sandy Creek
Otsego-Delaw-Schoharie-Greene	Andes, Charlotte Valley, Cherry Valley-Springfield, Cooperstown, Edmeston, Gilboa-Conesville, Hunter-Tannersville, Jefferson, Laurens, Margaretville, Milford, Morris, Oneonta City, Roxbury, Schenevus, South Kortright, Stamford, Windham-Ashland-Jewett, Worcester
Putnam-Northern Westchester	Bedford, Brewster, Briarcliff Manor, Carmel, Chappaqua, Croton-Harmon, Garrison, Haldane, Hendrick Hudson, Katonah-Lewisboro, Lakeland, Mahopac, North Salem, Ossining, Peekskill City, Putnam Valley, Somers, Yorktown
Questar Iii (R-C-G)	Averill Park, Berkshire, Berlin, Brunswick Csd (Brittonkill), Cairo-Durham, Catskill, Chatham, Coxsackie-Athens, East Greenbush, Germantown, Greenville, Hoosic Valley, Hoosick Falls, Hudson City, Kinderhook, Lansingburgh, New Lebanon, North Greenbush Comn Sd (Williams), Rensselaer City, Schodack, Taconic Hills, Troy City, Wynantskill
Rockland	Clarkstown, East Ramapo Csd (Spring Valley), Haverstraw-Stony Point Csd (North, Nanuet, Nyack, Pearl River, Ramapo Csd (Suffern), South Orangetown
Schuy-Steub-Chem-Tioga-Alleg	Addison, Alfred-Almond, Arkport, Avoca, Bath, Bradford, Campbell-Savona, Canaseraga, Canisteo-Greenwood, Corning City, Elmira City, Elmira Heights, Hammondsport, Hornell City, Horseheads, Jasper-Troupsburg, Odessa-Montour, Prattsburgh, Spencer-Van Etten, Watkins Glen, Waverly
St Lawrence-Lewis	Brasher Falls, Canton, Clifton-Fine, Colton-Pierrepont, Edwards-Knox, Gouverneur, Hammond, Harrisville, Hermon-Dekalb, Heuvelton, Lisbon, Madrid-Waddington, Massena, Morristown, Norwood-Norfolk, Ogdensburg City, Parishville-Hopkinton, Potsdam
Sullivan	Eldred, Fallsburg, Liberty, Livingston Manor, Monticello, Roscoe, Sullivan West, Tri-Valley
Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga	Candor, Dryden, Groton, Ithaca City, Lansing, Newfield, South Seneca, Trumansburg
Ulster	Ellenville, Highland, Kingston City, New Paltz, Onteora, Rondout Valley, Saugerties, Wallkill
Washing-Sara-War-Hamltn-Essex	Argyle, Ballston Spa, Bolton, Cambridge, Corinth, Fort Ann, Fort Edward, Galway, Glens Falls City, Glens Falls Comn, Granville, Greenwich, Hadley-Luzerne, Hartford, Hudson Falls, Indian Lake, Johnsburg, Lake George, Mechanicville City, Minerva, Newcomb, North Warren, Queensbury, Salem, Saratoga Springs City, Schuylerville, South Glens Falls, Stillwater, Warrensburg, Waterford-Halfmoon, Whitehall
Wayne-Finger Lakes	Canandaigua City, Clyde-Savannah, Dundee, East Bloomfield, Gananda, Geneva City, Gorham-Middlesex Csd (Marcus, Honeoye, Lyons, Manchester-Shortsville Csd (Red, Marion, Naples, Newark, North Rose-Wolcott, Palmyra-Macedon, Penn Yan, Phelps-Clifton Springs, Red Creek, Romulus, Seneca Falls, Sodus, Victor, Waterloo, Wayne, Williamson
Westchester	Ardsley, Blind Brook-Rye, Bronxville, Byram Hills, Dobbs Ferry, Eastchester, Edgemont, Elmsford, Greenburgh, Harrison, Hastings-On-Hudson, Irvington, Mamaroneck, Mt Pleasant, Mt Vernon School, New Rochelle City, Pelham, Pleasantville, Pocantico Hills, Port Chester-Rye, Rye City, Rye Neck, Scarsdale, Tuckahoe, Ufsd-, Valhalla, White Plains City, Yonkers City
Western Suffolk	Amityville, Babylon, Cold Spring Harbor, Commack, Copiague, Deer Park, Elwood, Half Hollow Hills, Harborfields, Huntington, Kings Park, Lindenhurst, North Babylon, Northport-East Northport, Smithtown, South Huntington, West Babylon, Wyandanch
Andy Arthur, 3/31/23 Data Source: NYS Education Department.

Daily Update – August 3, 2022

Good evening! A nice evening after a hot day swimming. 🏊‍♂️

Sitting by Foster Pond for a while, saw two shooting stars but also a fair amount of haze around.

Partly clear and 77 degrees at the Town of Hector. ✨ Moderate breeze, sometimes humid sometimes cool and refreshing. Seems to be mixing of the air currents between the lakes. The dew point is 62 degrees.

Spent the bulk of the day at Enfield Glen 🏊‍♂️ hiking in the morning through the Glen and the Lucifer Falls Loop and exploring the Grist Mill followed by spending the bulk of the day swimming in the gorge. Refilled my propane tank and camp back to camp, bought sweet corn 🌽 and made burgers 🍔 on the grill and then read 📖 until around 9:15.

It was kind of a nice day but hot by afternoon. 🏖 The swimming was nice but it was hot especially when I had to stay out of the water 💦 for a while for a work conference call. 📞 I think I might have picked up swimmers itch from the water but the stuff I use on my feet can be sprayed on my balls ⚽ to address that. 😂

Yesterday was a quieter day at camp ⛺, cloudy ⛅ but rain free and quiet. Dusty though when cars went by from it being so dry. Got through two books, 📚 took a nice afternoon nap after some fishing 🎣 and wildlife observation at Potomac Ponds. Kind of hot and dry, did a fair bit of drinking 🍻. I kind of enjoy the more relaxed pace this year.

Somebody emailed 📧 yesterday about making some KML Google Maps up and it sent me down the long journey of thinking 💭 how I could do it in R in an automated way. I had previously been doing it by exporting the geopackages from R into QGIS but I want more control and automation over the process.

June 17, 2021 Morning

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is the latest sunset 🌇 of the year and the Strawberry Moon 🍓 🌕 . Lots of things to keep the lights up late that day. Sunny and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 There is a west-southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 44 degrees. Kind of a chilly start for a late June morning although the heat right now is lurking out on the west coast.

My bags are packed 💼 and I’m ready to head to the Adirondacks after work. I decided not to drive work because it’s just easier to leave from home and leaving a bit after 6 pm means I shouldn’t hit much traffic. The coolers will last longer with everything in the fridge or freezer today. 🥚 I forgot to get eggs yesterday so I’ll have to stop at Stewart’s on the way up north. Not sure if the forecast is as nice as previously announced but I am glad to be gone this long weekend where I can enjoy the quiet. 🤫 No cell service where I’m going, should be nice and quiet.

Bus reroute this morning 🚌 due to a house fire 🔥 on Delaware Avenue. Been a while since a building burnt there but house fires 🔥 in the city seem to follow a trend – neighborhoods destabilize and then one building after another burns. It just seems like Albany is sliding down hill. The whole city after decades of improvement after pollution controls were implemented is just sliding backwards. It may be the pandemic but also foreign investment driving up the rents and driving out the tenants and businesses. All that money 💵 from China purchases is being reinvested in our community by China slumlords looking for a place to park their cash.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 31st. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 87 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1994.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:57 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.8° from the due south horizon (-0.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 2.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:53 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (304°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:36 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 28 seconds with dusk around 9:10 pm, which is 21 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the First Quarter 🌓 Moon in the southwest (225°) at an altitude of 44° from the horizon, 231,723 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:57 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 46 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 18 minutes of daytime, an increase of 16 seconds over yesterday.

I can wait until the work day is over to head up north. I am thinking I also need maple syrup besides eggs for my pancakes. 🥞 I might end up going to Price Chopper in Gloversville. I wish I had just skip the run to the store yesterday. That was dumb on my part. Well, I guess it is what is. I just got flustered over the stupid can return and then I couldn’t find what I needed in the store. I feel stupid but it ain’t the end of world. The days are long now, I don’t care if I get up to camp really late although I’d kind of like to get that House Pond Campsite if possible.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 49 degrees at 5am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 19th. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2020, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1958.

On this day in 1972, Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, 👮🏼‍♂️ 👤 in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. This would become the basis for the Watergate scandal.

The Juneteenth Weekend looks nice. 🏖 Friday, mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 9 mph. Saturday, scattered showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 65 at 10am. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 81. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 80 degrees.

As previously noted, next Thursday is Latest Sunset of the year 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2020, we had humid weather and partly sunny skies, rain showers in the afternoon and temperatures between 85 and 65 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

Moose River Plains Campsites

Interactive Map of Lean-Tos and Campsites

An overview map and list of campsites and their locations at the Moose River Recreation Area.

Maps

Campsites

Milepoint	Name	Feature	Notes	Access
	Cedar River Flow 1	Cedar River Flow	Tent site on flow	Boat	43.702924803151, -74.4871304116533
	Cedar River Flow 2	Cedar River Flow	Tent site on flow	Boat	43.7104737708879, -74.4802343768254
	Cedar River Flow 3	Cedar River Flow	Tent site on flow	Boat	43.7145237017622, -74.4679264444554
	Cedar River Flow 5	Cedar River Flow	Tent site on flow	Boat	43.7111711590583, -74.4675178486588
	Cedar River Flow 6	Cedar River Flow	Tent site on flow	Boat	43.7084767866376, -74.4717703157492
	Beaver Lake Campsite	Beaver Lake	Site overlooks Beaver Lake	Hike	43.6516613421651, -74.7407833400961
	81	Icehouse Pond	Accessible site at Icehouse Pond with privy	Hike	43.6646602166505, -74.7029502913239
	140A	Indian Lake	Campsite on Indian Lake, outhouse in bad condition	Hike	43.6154753632731, -74.7499942080732
	East of Muskrat Pond	Indian Lake Trail	Former roadside campsite, largely abandoned	Hike	43.645116528704, -74.696221627206
	46	Lost Ponds Trail	Beyond the end of current Lost Ponds Road	Hike	43.6868179572109, -74.6655581886723
	47	Lost Ponds Trail	Above Lost Ponds	Hike	43.6859472953826, -74.6722052916864
	Mitchell Pond 1	Mitchell Pond	Tent site, bushwhack	Hike	43.6729475881673, -74.7502538624373
	Mitchell Pond 2	Mitchell Pond	Tent site, bushwhack	Hike	43.6716991892117, -74.7432124817486
	64A	Mitchell Pond (Accessible Campsite at End of Gravel Trail)	Gravel path to site, wildrness privy	Hike	43.6706136251028, -74.7387363015355
10	89	Beaver Lake Road	Off Otter Brook Road, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6583112347181, -74.7012491214803
11	90	Beaver Lake Road	Off Otter Brook Road, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6577446555162, -74.7038760912165
16	1	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Driveway Along Tributary of Silver Run	Vehicle	43.7033162602551, -74.5742148239156
16	3	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Along Silver Run	Vehicle	43.7027301523306, -74.5757742464803
16	4	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Along Silver Run, driveway at Sharp S Turn	Vehicle	43.7026421104662, -74.5769731929134
16	7	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Along Silver Run	Vehicle	43.7040070126376, -74.5809411044503
15	10	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Old gravel pit, accessible	Vehicle	43.7031498027862, -74.5893864145496
15	11	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Across from 12	Vehicle	43.702458607149, -74.5926546451668
15	12	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Across from 11	Vehicle	43.7028667147947, -74.5929833340894
15	13	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Along Silver Run	Vehicle	43.7010402113051, -74.5956355707995
15	14	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Along Silver Run	Vehicle	43.7010328498576, -74.597457469967
14	16	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Access Road for 16/17/18 Group	Vehicle	43.7025294616695, -74.5969885248639
14	17	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Access Road for 16/17/18 Group	Vehicle	43.7021028692463, -74.5966599329259
14	18	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Access Road for 16/17/18 Group	Vehicle	43.7023846304313, -74.5978818600647
14	19	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Along Silver Run	Vehicle	43.7003546491841, -74.5964872856253
14	21	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Across road from Silver Run	Vehicle	43.6957217888458, -74.6020563094081
13	22	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Across road from Silver Run	Vehicle	43.6935817523545, -74.6036764840587
13	27	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Across road from Silver Run	Vehicle	43.6926540634024, -74.6082201775478
13	30	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Open Area in Woods	Vehicle	43.6918525577623, -74.6118452191364
13	31	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Near Marsh off Silver Run	Vehicle	43.6881856235873, -74.6271629609656
12	34	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Open Field Near Old Sly Pond Road	Vehicle	43.6846954329325, -74.634678249126
12	35	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Former Sly Pond Road	Vehicle	43.6836690328942, -74.6318552827363
11	38	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	On Hill Overlooking Road, near start of Lost Ponds Area	Vehicle	43.6836029270341, -74.6401393590772
11	39	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area	Vehicle	43.6841476346233, -74.6487511980121
11	40	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area	Vehicle	43.682942162164, -74.6537793571789
11	41	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area	Vehicle	43.681311345096, -74.6589116717693
10	42	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area	Vehicle	43.6799039050817, -74.6646031695507
10	43	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Above CRLLR, start of Lost Ponds Area	Vehicle	43.6793727911294, -74.6664156654099
10	44	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	West of Lost Ponds Road, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.678808787762, -74.6696555368193
10	50	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	West of Lost Ponds Road, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.677986610504, -74.6732025802129
10	51	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Pull-Off, Small Site, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6775108499728, -74.6750146421403
10	52	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Old gravel pit, short loop below CRLLR	Vehicle	43.6748840847288, -74.6815273754233
10	53	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Access Road for 55/54/55 Group, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6733317629897, -74.6820452615144
10	54	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Access Road for 55/54/55 Group, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.673268538603, -74.6822820352903
9	55	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Access Road for 55/54/55 Group, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6733705968856, -74.6827076379887
9	56	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Driveway, East of Former Dump, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.673126585883, -74.6891475571674
9	57	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Has Trail to Moose River	Vehicle	43.6736673106707, -74.6902687046523
8	64	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Near Mitchell Pond Trail	Vehicle	43.6757521870177, -74.707500815672
8	66	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Near Pine Creek	Vehicle	43.6784203854214, -74.7068492021325
7	67	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Benedict Creek Road, Wooded	Vehicle	43.6851041444828, -74.7031887110586
7	69	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Remote site, perched over the road	Vehicle	43.6834516958835, -74.7168906980223
6	70	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Large loop off of CRLLR	Vehicle	43.6839906014562, -74.7249870178447
6	71	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Very sandy site near Mitchells Pond Upper Loop	Vehicle	43.6833776353921, -74.7321947941391
5	72	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	At end of Bear Pond Loop Road (Accessable)	Vehicle	43.6828956047277, -74.7359084701559
4	73	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Very sandy site near Mitchells Pond Upper Loop	Vehicle	43.6835777053685, -74.7387188889593
4	74	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	On a hill overlooking road and marshy area	Vehicle	43.6839187521201, -74.742285779317
4	76	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Very sandy site near Mitchells Pond Upper Loop	Vehicle	43.6864452702399, -74.7471689344191
4	77	Cedar River – Limekiln Lake Road	Near Red River, Bear Pond Loop, Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6897961458669, -74.7484803840413
10	58	Helldiver Pond Road	Near Helldiver Pond	Vehicle	43.6735979105991, -74.6920316000423
10	59	Helldiver Pond Road	Near Helldiver Pond	Vehicle	43.6723766419894, -74.6929318681131
10	60	Helldiver Pond Road	Near Helldiver Pond	Vehicle	43.6713193532923, -74.692758456613
10	61	Helldiver Pond Road	Accessible site at end of Helldiver Pond Road	Vehicle	43.6705019900204, -74.6921751440693
15	West of Brooktrout Trail	Indian Lake Road	Past Brooktrout Trail, on a hill over road	Vehicle	43.6254538914434, -74.7337300739322
10	48	Lost Pond Road	Sand Plains, Marshes Aroubnd	Vehicle	43.6814268347573, -74.6667101324338
11	49	Lost Pond Road	Sand Plains, Marshes Aroubnd	Vehicle	43.6819456385478, -74.6670131106595
10	80	Otter Brook Road	Has Trail to Moose River	Vehicle	43.6620917920003, -74.7112181918076
11	98	Otter Brook Road	Above Moose River on Hill	Vehicle	43.6588725644731, -74.6966603409996
11	101	Otter Brook Road	Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.6564420559443, -74.6938956128147
11	103	Otter Brook Road	Sand Plains	Vehicle	43.657108724794, -74.6873446316172
12	104	Otter Brook Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle	43.6560617426567, -74.6832992891923
12	106	Otter Brook Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle	43.6565121581975, -74.6789913497265
13	110	Otter Brook Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle	43.6566072628101, -74.6733859460379
13	111	Otter Brook Road	Near Otter Brook Bridge	Vehicle	43.6539235327721, -74.6747718892435
23	1	Wakely Dam Camping Area	Accessible site	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7266767212397, -74.474100266424
23	2	Wakely Dam Camping Area	Field Camping	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7266515010084, -74.4733110730078
23	3	Wakely Dam Camping Area	Field Camping	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7259595122959, -74.473899965642
23	4	Wakely Dam Camping Area	On Driveway to Lake	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7260676922081, -74.4742326471903
23	5	Wakely Dam Camping Area	On Driveway to Lake	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7255637908987, -74.4741751228291
23	6	Wakely Dam Camping Area	On Driveway to Lake	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7252231337487, -74.4745830371916
23	9	Wakely Dam Camping Area	Across bridge	Vehicle (before gate)	43.726275356142, -74.4717840349063
23	10	Wakely Dam Camping Area	Across bridge	Vehicle (before gate)	43.7266308152758, -74.4712600272389
10	82	Otter Brook Road	On Moose River	Vehicle (driveway)	43.6603083771227, -74.7010353925305
11	84	Otter Brook Road	On Moose River	Vehicle (driveway)	43.6619962517853, -74.6957783254417
6	120	Natural Rock Dam Road	Sand Plains near Red River	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6848543033273, -74.7664253595203
6	122	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.684367353989, -74.7717171949716
6	123	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6804228755091, -74.7782951743141
6	124	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6792030487765, -74.7847972548314
7	125	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6783559964111, -74.7880327043169
7	126	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6748535298235, -74.790591643043
7	127	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6739776362472, -74.7910844137006
7	128	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6751413481917, -74.7924842843025
8	129	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6703784784539, -74.7926312803463
8	130	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6666270858056, -74.8019151989726
8	131	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6643581634434, -74.8054154753831
8	132	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6652083016168, -74.8036826184027
5	119A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Sand Plains near Red River	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6844716021433, -74.7646961785253
6	123A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6802422604152, -74.782965042166
6	124A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6785899888224, -74.7864319884685
6	125A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6776017274889, -74.7902229325712
7	126A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6756110574941, -74.7901645681643
8	129A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6689370211979, -74.7948887917477
8	129AA	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6674497436753, -74.7980604042935
8	130A	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6661052974262, -74.8016557609016
8	130AA	Natural Rock Dam Road	Wooded Site	Vehicle (Opens July)	43.6669094078356, -74.8007390664074

May 3, 2020 10 PM Update

Good evening! Partly clear and 64 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. Nice evening, sat out back for a while. Not feeling terrible but still a little achy from the Lyme. I still need to take the doxycline I got from the doctor Friday. 💊

Sleeping with the windows open tonight ⬛ which is nice until I heard the sirens from the meat wagon 🚑go roaring by. I wonder if it’s somebody dying of Coronavirus? Hopefully nobody I know. It’s a question one always asks these days.

I thought about staying up north one more night and driving home early tomorrow 🚘 but I decided against that as I broke camp midday to go hiking. 🚶 While hiking the remote section of the abandoned Dunning Pond Snowmobile Trail was quiet I eventually lost the trail as it got into dense woods with lots of trees down and few of the old markers. 🔴 Some nice views of the gorge and then a lot of it was an eroded mountain road until the trail left the road and disappeared into the woods. This wouldn’t have been a big problem if I had the GPS tracks from my Google County Maps part of the blog but of course I managed to somehow delete them off my phone. I got to make sure I have them on the phone along with USGS Topo maps saved. I would have also had a better chance of following the herd path up to Eagle Pond that I had lost on Saturday if I had that data saved. 🌐Well there always is future trips up north.

It was a pretty good weekend up north 😎 with lots of sun and actually quite mild and warm most of the weekend except for brief rain shower around 10 pm Saturday night 💦when I ended up retiring to my truck cap earlier than I had planned. Had a nice big fire 🔥 at the same campsite I’ve been at the past few times I’ve been up north on the East Branch Sacandaga River. ⛺ Some traffic 🚥 noise but pretty nice. Spent a lot of time laying back in the hammock, soaking up the sun. ☀ The sun felt good especially when I felt achy from the Lyme. Warm enough a good portion of the weekend I could just lay out with a t shirt 👚 on.

Left my Bluetooth speaker 🔊 home which was annoying when I wanted to listen to podcasts and music 🎶. I’m going to start leaving that in the truck. Better to charge it there too – I don’t pay for the unused solar power the truck produces while parked with the solar controller in float mode. 🔋 Also forgot ketchup for my hotdogs – ended up topping them with baked beans and cheese. 🍣

Explored more of the Fox Lair remains, I want to do one of those historical aerial photo comparisons, especially if I can find the 1942 aerial photo 📷. Not a lot left of the ruins, but I wonder if I can find more old pictures on the internet. 🏰Did some walking 🚶 along NY 8 just for exercise too and to take in the scenery.

Came back relatively early, I was unpacked by about six. 🏡 Laid back on my bed for a while before showering 🚿 and shaving. Got a nice tan. Those side burns I’ve grown are coming in nicely but I do need a hair cut 💇. I’m going to do some trimming myself in the morning as who knows when the barber 💈 is going to be allowed to reopen. My barber is so elderly, I wonder if he will just hang up his hat 🎩 after the pandemic. I decided to avoid the expressway and cities home so I took NY 30 to Duanesburg Churches Road past the Mariaville Farm to US 20. Pretty drive with things greening up outside Amsterdam but I tell you there are some sharp curves on NY 30 south of Amsterdam. 🔶

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 49 degrees at 6am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 21st. West wind 6 to 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 28 occurred back in 1985.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 85% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the south (175°) at an altitude of 52° from the horizon, some 226,511 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by October 22^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Flower 🌷 Moon is on Thursday, May 7. The darkest hour is at 12:53 am, followed by dawn at 5:16 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:48 am in the east-northeast (68°) and last for 3 minutes and 8 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:27 am with sun in the east-northeast (74°). Tonight will have 9 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 24 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 57 degrees at 11am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 13th. Northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1986.❄

Tomorrow I probably should go to the laundromat 👖👕 👚 and wash some clothes and probably my sheets too. I can probably bring my laptop there and work from there, uploading pictures from the weekend that was. I’m good on food but the two gallons of milk I bought last week is almost all drunk. I do like my cow 🐮 beverages. Other than that I should be good on food until mid week.

As I noted previously, last weekend I got another tick bite. 🐜I was sore found it on Tuesday. Its been weird – sometimes I feel fine other times terribly stiff and sore. No bulls eye though. Went to the doctor on Friday, she kind of thought I didn’t have Lyme but gave me doxycline. 💊 I held off taking it as I went to the Adirondacks for the weekend and knew doxycline and sun don’t mix due to the risk of severe sunburn. I’m also a little mixed on my concern – it stings from time to time around where I was bit, I’ve been super sleepy at times. 😴 I don’t want to take an antibiotic I don’t need. But I guess the doctor while questioning 🙋 me said I should take it. I don’t know what to think.

It was such a werid experience going to the doctors office during the pandemic. 😫The doors had big signs warning people that if they had cold or flu symptoms they aren’t welcome and that they did not offer Coronavirus testing there. The whole experience was kind of odd and frightening. 👾

While I’m always cautious about social distancing and wearing a mask out in public places but between the limited vision under the banada, the empty doctors office, the hand sanitizer everywhere and all these things like a special Coronavirus questionnaire that I had to do on my phone before the doctor would see me. 📱 I was so creeped out by the experience.

In four weeks on May 31 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (301°) at 8:26 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 53 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, mist and temperatures between 76 and 55 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 2013.

It looks like for Mothers Day it’s going to be cold and they might get snow in the Adirondacks. ❄ It does not look like a good weekend to get out of town. I’m still thinking about a mid May trip out to Schoharie County – maybe three nights with me working from my truck on a Monday. ⛺ I’m thinking the last week of May – the one after Memorial Day Weekend – to do a three night trip to Piseco Powley Road starting that Thursday night before the weekend if it is nice. I hope to have the screen house by then to avoid the bugs. Peak black fly season isn’t so bad if I have shelter during the day as black flies aren’t out after dark. Memorial Day Weekend proper I’ll stay home 🏡 most likely to avoid the crowds especially if other developed campgrounds are closed forcing people into the back country taking up all the good sites. I’m also seriously thinking about planning my summer vacation up at Piseco Powley Road – and a week at the House Pond Swimming Hole could make up for all the state park pools being closed. 🏊 I’d have to see about getting a camping permit.

Looking ahead, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 1 week, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 2 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks, Fathers Day 👨 is in 6 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 6 months and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 6 months.

🇺🇸🦅Only 19 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

August 10, 2019 Afternoon

Good afternoon! Clouds, a few sprinkles and a little sun and 60 degrees here on the Hunter Mountain overlook of the West Kill Valley. 🌦 There is a west-northwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. The skies will clear around 4 pm. I’m waiting for it, hoping to get better pictures and videos. 😩

This afternoon will have a slight chance of showers. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 60 degrees at 2pm. 21 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 15th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 2pm. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was humid. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1949.

I decided today to hike up to Hunter Mountain along the West Kill trail. 🚶 Later on I plan to see Pratts Rocks in Prattsville and then head up to Burnt Rossman. ⛺ Tomorrow I’ll do some fishing 🎣 in Looking Glass Pond and hit up the farm stands in the Schoharie Valley and then swim 🏊 in Mine Kill State Park.

I fully admit if I was a responsible adult I would have gone to the Save the Pine Bush organizational meeting 🌲and stayed in town to save gas on my limited budget. But summer is rapidly fading away and I wanted to get out of town before its done and I’m sure rainy weekends aren’t that far off. ☔ I don’t feel that guilty though, I’ve spent more time on that map and researching things over the past few weeks than anything else I’ve been doing.

The sun will set at 8:04 pm with dusk around 8:35 pm, which is one minute and 21 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 54 degrees. The dew point will be 47 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 15 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 23 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 47 degrees at 4am. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 26th. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 64 degrees. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1941.

Driving through Greenville and stopping at the grocery store 🏬 I had forgotten what a hick town I grew up in. Fun place although I don’t know if I’d ever want to go back now with all the gun restrictions 🔫 and regulations today on open burning 🔥 – and I was surprised how expensive things were at the store. But then again in Albany I mostly shop for things on sale at Walmart. I do like the small towns and spend most of my vacation time there but its still cultural shock to go back to the community I haven’t been in regularly for going on two decades now. I’ve worked in other hick towns but the hometown is strange. The girls at the grocery store with their Irish red hair are very cute. 😍 But as I like to say, their husbands own more guns than me. Fit in well with my big jacked up truck 🚚 though. That said, I can’t see moving back to the country until I can live in a place where I can have fires and burn whatever I want on my own land. 🚜 More on that later.

I forgot how popular the Catskills are these days 🗻 but they sure are beautiful. I should do some more Catskill peaks this fall, maybe truck cap camping in Schoharie or just do day trips. I’ve been taking a lot of pictures but mostly on my 35mm camera 📷 so it will have to wait for posting until Sunday or Monday. I’m also making a ton of videos. Fortunately, despite hitting a lot of traffic around the fire tower 🗼 the ledge I’m on is relatively quiet and has nice views when you peer over the tree line. 🌲🌲🌲🌲Sun is coming out ☀ and I’m lazy so I’m procrastinating a bit but I should hurry up so I also have time to see Pratts Rocks.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ when the sun will be setting at 7:43 pm with dusk at 8:12 pm. On that day in 2018, we had sunny and temperatures between 85 and 57 degrees. 🌻 We hit a record high of 95 back in 1947.

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