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And so this is… Merry Christmas 2023 🎅

After a rather misty, wet but mild Christmas Eve the sun is starting to peak through the clouds. It’s good, I decided I’ll stay an extra night as my family’s holiday party was canceled or more like postponed a week due to the cold that is going around. It’s fine, it’s going to be a fairly nice day to enjoy Christmas walking through the woods, enjoying the birds, wildlife and silence.

Good morning! Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees at the Moscow Hill Camping Area. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Friday around 5 pm. ☃️

I’m enjoying the sun ☀ as it’s peaking through the clouds. My Christmas camping trip has been extended by another night after the family Christmas party was postponed. I’m not that disappointed with the nice weather expected today. Even the breeze will be good as it should help dry things out after the misty and muddy mess that was yesterday.

Christmas Day will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 45 degrees at 2pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 27th. South wind 6 to 10 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 27 degrees. The record high of 66 was set in 1889. 19.2 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄

It should be a great day for Christmas 🤶 even if the snow is largely gone. I haven’t decided if I will ride some of the truck trails or just hike, the horse 🐴 trails are closed to mountain bikes for the season 🚵 but the signs are fairly clear that the hardened roads are fine though might be a bit icy. That said, I can always lock up the bike if I want to head off the truck trails.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:02 pm with sun having an altitude of 23.8° from the due south horizon (-46.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 13.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:47 pm with the sun in the southwest (230°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (238°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:33 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 5:04 pm, which is 37 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the east-northeast (68°) at an altitude of 17° from the horizon, 240,803 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:41 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 43 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 5 minutes of daytime, an increase of 14 seconds over yesterday.

Breakfast is done 🥚 and I’m feeling better after the Charlie Horse I had on my leg earlier in the morning. I might have been dehydrated, I drank a bunch of water. 💦 Gathered firewood for the night 🪵, mostly smaller stuff stacked high in hope the sun and breeze will help to dry things out. Last night the fire 🔥 was really smokey due to the wood being so wet. I actually retired to bed 🛏 on Christmas Eve a little after 8 pm as the fire was struggling and I was just kind of tired. Yesterday’s weather was a bit of a let down.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌃 , with a low of 34 degrees at 3am. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 9th. South wind 8 to 10 mph. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 16 degrees. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1914.

Looking ahead to New Years Weekend 2024. 🎇 Saturday, a chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 34. New Years Day, 35 degrees and sunny. Typical average high for the weekend is 35 degrees.

Cattails

Old Military Road

Walking along Old Military Road in Miami Flats was pleasant, but I was disappointed that I didn't see more birds or wildlife along the way.

Taken on Sunday May 24, 2020 at Delmar, New York.

Great Spring Day

The Albany Pine Bush on a clear spring day, really is one of the best places to be within the city limits, with birds chirping, beautiful views of the mountains, lupine blooming and butterflies flying around. This is the view off of Overlook Dune, near the Discovery Center.

Taken on Saturday May 18, 2019 at Burnt-Rossman State Forest.

April 15, 2023 Morning

Good morning, Happy Saturday. 🌼

Spring is on its way or so the birds outside want us to believe. I told myself yesterday I was going to take it easy prior to my 20 mile hike today, but I guess 13 miles isn’t that far in the grand scheme of things. Didn’t walk out to Five Rivers but ended up doing laps on the Nature Trail at the Town Park.

Good morning! Partly clear and 58 degrees in Delmar, NY. 😎 Calm wind. The dew point is 42 degrees.

Breakfast is cooking, should be a good energy packed breakfast with eggs, spinach, kale, and vegetables. Wanted all day power if I’m planning to walk out to and up Blodgett Hill today, which should be over 20 miles when things are all said and done.

Today will have isolated showers after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 12th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 6pm. Light and variable wind becoming south 8 to 13 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 68 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 2003. 2.4 inches of snow fell back in 2014.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:56 pm with sun having an altitude of 57.1° from the due south horizon (-13.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.9 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:59 pm with the sun in the west (278°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (284°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:37 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 59 seconds with dusk around 8:06 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:42 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and thunderstorms 🌩 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 53 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 47 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms between 7pm and 2am, then isolated showers. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 57 degrees at 5am. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 12th. Maximum dew point of 56 at 1am. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 37 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1981.

Looking ahead to next Saturday, it is Earth Day 🌎 when the sun will be setting at 7:46 pm with dusk at 8:14 pm. Good to know for the coal rollers. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 60 and 42 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1985.

West from Harvey Mountain