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December 14, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Finally the weekend! Next Saturday is First Day of Winter ☃️. Pine Bush Hike next too, supposed to be a ski trip from Madison Avenue Extension 🎿but I got my doubts that we will have much snow left by then. Rain, drizzle and fog 🌁 and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 4 pm. ☃️

Not a real nice morning, it’s not only foggy outside but also in my head. 🌁 I woke up early again this morning and had trouble getting back to sleep until I wandered downstairs and took a pee. 🚽 Little achy in my knees too but maybe that because I’ve been spending do much time on the exercise bike. 🚲 Then I got looking at some numbers and stats in Excel and the DEC data. I do have some new data with the DEC latest dump to update a few maps but honestly my map collection 🗾is pretty complete on the blog.

Today will rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 21st. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Going to be a real dreary day but hopefully that will eat away at the snow. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 63 was set in 1901. 12.5 inches of snow fell back in 1956.❄

Today I am going to my parents house for their Christmas decorating party 🎄. Not going out tomorrow as I have the Save the Pine Bush benefit to go to tomorrow night. It’s kind of in the middle of the city which is annoying because there isn’t much bus service on Sunday night to take me there, so I’m going to have to drive there avoiding the red light camera intersections somehow. 🚦 I really hate driving in the city, my truck gets awful gas mileage on city streets and I might have to fuel ⛽ up tomorrow as I haven’t bought gas since the last time I was camping the week before Thanksgiving.

The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:54 pm, which is 12 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 42 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 34 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy 🌧, with a low of 36 degrees at 5am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 30th. Breezy, with a south wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 32 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1874.

Probably won’t be walking tonight 🚶
but instead riding the exercise bike 🚲 and watching some YouTube videos. At least I won’t have to worry about slipping and falling on the bike compared to walking on icy sidewalks. Two nights ago there was a fair amount of black ice in parts.

Today in 1994, started construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. ⛲ The Three Gorges Dam has been the world’s largest power station in terms of installed capacity (22,500 MW) since 2012. In 2014, the dam generated 98.8 terawatt-hours (TWh) and had the world record, but was surpassed by the Itaipú Dam, which set the new world record in 2016, producing 103.1 TWh.

Also, today was a notable date in civil rights history, with the release of the Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, 379 U.S. 241 (1964), 💖a landmark United States Supreme Court case holding that the Commerce Clause gave the U.S. Congress power to force private businesses to abide by Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination in public accommodations.🏰

One month 📅 from now will be Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:16 pm. The average high temperature is 30 degrees, with a record high of 61 in 1895. It’s already pretty cold ❄ in my book 📙 but it could be colder and will get colder. And I’m half seriously thinking about eventually living off-grid in the much colder Wisconsin, a bit in a world where the climate has warmed a fair amount more over the next ten to 15 years.

October 8, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Four weeks to Election Day 2019 🗳️. The fog has burned off and it’s now sunny ☀ and 52 degrees at the Allegheny National Forest. There is a east-northeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Surprisingly damp this morning in the woods, it was a really foggy morning at first. 🌁 I slept in, looking forward to seeing the sun.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 4pm. Big smile. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had light drizzle in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 2017.

Today I am going to park at Kinzua Beach, walk down to the Reservoir, 🚶 and maybe cross the Cornplanter Bridge 🌉 on foot and then hike up the trail to Rimrock. The parking lot 🅿 should have a lot of sun for charging the accessories battery. 🔋I don’t feel really ambitious today as I’m on vacation and I see no reason to rush anywhere. 😀 Time goes by so quickly as it is, why rush it? ⏳

The sun will set at 6:46 pm with dusk around 7:14 pm, which is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 55 degrees. There will be a east-northeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 26 minutes of daytime, an decrease of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 40 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 13th. East wind around 6 mph. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 2001.

Ever since buying the axe 🌲I’ve gotten quite efficient at processing firewood, which is good especially on these long nights – although I’ve often kept the fires small as it’s been fairly mild and why waste wood you don’t have to waste?

Everything is kind of wet and soaked at camp today 💦so I’m going to wait until tomorrow to break camp but I think this evening I will probably take down the tent and tarp once things dry out. I’m leaning towards camping in the southern part of the National Forest for the second half of the week and doing the elk route and Hyner View on Sunday. Although I wish there was more color but I like the quiet of the National Forest 🌲and not having to rush to take down and set back camp every day.

That an I kind of like the Pennsylvania countryside, 🐮 especially seeing the farms and homesteads with burning trash and debris out back because I’m a pyro. 🔥 I’ll be totally open on that. Plus I like seeing the farm operations 🚜 and the cabins in the woods 🌲and scenic vistas. 📷

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Election Day 2019 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 5:06 pm with dusk at 5:35 pm (Standard Time). I plan to early vote before then ❎ but I might also volunteer on some local campaigns. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 48 and 31 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 52 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1994.

September 19, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Thursday. Ten weeks until Thanksgiving.🦃 We are the same distance between now and Thanksgiving, and the First Day of Summer and Labor Day. Sunny and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. Foggy 🌁 in the city. As they say, winters coming. It’s only going to get colder. I caught the local to work 🚍 as was running late as I got looking at a map, trying to plan out my vacation. 🍂

I might order a good West Virginia map like a Rand McNally as because the National Forest map I have is excellent but the same can’t be said about the AAA map which covers three states down that way. 🗺 I think I could make my route using that map but a better one on Amazon is like $5 and I might discover things that I would overlook. Regardless, I want this year’s trip to be better planned than last year.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Calm wind. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 75 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1946.

The sun will set at 6:58 pm with dusk around 7:27 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 68 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 12 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an decrease of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 3rd. Calm wind. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 58 degrees. The record low of 30 occurred back in 1979.

Awesome weekend on tap, with temperatures running 13 degrees above normal. 😎 Saturday, sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind. Maximum dew point of 61 at 2pm. Sunday, sunny, with a high near 85. Maximum dew point of 58 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 70 degrees.

This evening I’ll head to the store 🏬 and get the supplies I need and Big Red gassed up. ⛽ Right after the Pine Bush hike I want to head up to the Adirondacks for a final overnight trip at the potholers. After this, I probably won’t be back to Piseco-Powley Road until next June or July — we will see — but I think with the colder weather coming and the fact that area is prone to lake effect snow.🌨 I’d wait until next weekend, but who knows what the weather will be like by next week.

I still think it’s pretty neat that OGS agreed to reprogram funds for the combined heat and power plant 🔳 for solar both on the plaza and in Oneida County. While I’m not a fan of developing more solar farms, it’s good to see the state is putting their money where their mouth is. They have a lot of room for solar at the State Office Campus, if they built over the parking lots and the ring roads. Putting solar over the roads makes a lot of sense in the snow climate we live in — no snow to remove and rain is blocked from motorists windshields.🏔

In two weeks, the sun will be setting at 6:34 pm with dusk at 7:02 pm. 🌆 On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 65 and 50 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 83 back in 1967.

April 22, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Earth Day 🌎! For all you coal rollers out there. Or those celebrating with a 4450 and chisel plow. Until you turn the dirt, I don’t think you can really understand the true meaning of Earth Day. 🚜 Five weeks to Memorial Day. 🇺🇸 That day is coming quickly for sure. That said, I rarely get excited about Memorial Day Weekend anymore as it’s often quite cold, wet and full of black flies. 🐜 Mostly cloudy and 52 degrees in Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 50 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 8 am.

Last night was pretty good sleeping in the truck cap. 😴 Everything seems to work well, I’m ready for my weekend adventure once I get the days off and go grocery shopping and top off the tank. Should be a nice weekend.

Mom made me a nice breakfast 🍳 and I left pretty early taking the express bus 🚍 to work as there is things I need to do once I get into the office.

Today will have a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 69 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around May 13th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 1pm. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Fairly spring like today, I expect things to green up more. 🌼A year ago, we had sunny day. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1985. 1.0 inches of snow fell back in 1928.❄

While I guess it’s good people are thinking about Earth Day 🌎 so much of what people publicly profess to doing is really febel and meaningless. It’s not saying good things are being done but most of them don’t sell material things, get the politicians re-elected or sell advertising on the television. 📺 Personal choices feel good but they are pretty meaningless.

The sun will set at 7:45 pm with dusk around 8:15 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 49 degrees. There will be a north breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 43 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 40 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 50 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 24th. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had clear in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1975.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Memorial Day 🇺🇸 when the sun will be setting at 8:22 pm with dusk at 8:56 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 68 and 54 degrees. It was pretty foggy 🌁 and wet when I was camping ⛺ in the Green Mountains on that day. Typically, the high temperature is 73 degrees. We hit a record high of 94 back in 1914.

Besides this weekend I do hope to get camping at least one more weekend before Memorial Day Weekend. ⛺ Most likely that trip will be in two weeks to Piseco-Powley Road. Nothing here is set in stone, but I’d like to check out Moss Island in the spring.

March 30, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy Saturday. Save the Pine Bush Hike at 9:30 today. Four weeks to Arbor Day 🌳. Cloudy and foggy and 44 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁🌁 There is a southeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Monday around 1 am. ☃️

Should be a nice mild morning for the Save the Pine Bush Hike over at the end of Madison Avenue Extension Barrens off of Washington Ave Extension at 9:30 AM this morning. 🌲🐸🚶🚶🏃I wish there was more sun but so be it. At least it will be fairly mild today.

Today will have patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌥, with a high of 66 degrees at 5pm. 15 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around May 3rd. Maximum dew point of 47 at 11am. Definitely mild but lacking sun. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1986. 4.0 inches of snow fell back in 1911.❄

This afternoon I plan to go shopping to pick up a few groceries , then I may go to the car 🚙 wash 🚿 and then out to my parents house for Sunday dinner a day early. Should be a good, especially because I don’t have to work. Back in the office at nine o’clock tomorrow though for the marathon session. 🏢

The sun will set at 7:19 pm with dusk around 7:47 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies ☁ and temperatures around 62 degrees. Breezy, 16 mph 🍃 from the south. If it wasn’t so damp, it could be fire weather. Today will have 12 hours and 39 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Nice enough last night to sit out back for a while, 🌃 saw the stars and heard the spring peepers for the first time last night this year. 🐸 That’s a sure sign things are going to get nicer soon. Not a lot of stars though due to the clouds.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 49 degrees at 5am. 18 degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical night around May 21st. You can almost leave open your windows tonight. South wind 13 to 16 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 31 degrees. The record low of 12 occurred back in 1923.

Tomorrow will rain, mainly before noon, then showers likely after noon. 🌧 High of 53 degrees at 11am. Two degrees above normal, which is similiar to a typical day around April 3rd. Maximum dew point of 44 at 6am. 🏖️ Southwest wind 14 to 17 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny. The high last year was 56 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1998. 14.6 inches of snow fell back in 1997.❄

Tomorrow should be a rather busy day at work. At least a long one. But then the state budget should be done. 📝 Hopefully with warmer weather and nicer days I’ll be able to go down to the park after work more often work then.

Maybe on Monday if I don’t have to work and I’m not dog 🐶 tired 😴, I might get out fishing 🎣 but I’m not that hopeful on that front. Maybe the following weekend, I’ll have to see about that. Two and a half weeks from now I’ll probably head out camping and hit some trout streams up then for sure. ⛺

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Arbor Day 🌳 when the sun will be setting at 7:51 pm with dusk at 8:21 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, cold, partly cloudy and temperatures between 50 and 36 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 91 back in 1962.

Looking ahead, Arbor Day 🌳 is in 4 weeks, 8 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 5 weeks, Flower Moon 🌕 is in 7 weeks, June 🍹 is in 9 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 12 weeks, Hottest Time of the Year 😅 is in 15 weeks, Ugly Truck Day 🚚 is in 16 weeks, Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ is in 21 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 in 5 months and Average High Falls to 70 🎑 in 25 weeks.

July 29, 2016 Morning

Good morning! National Lasagna Day. Garfield would approve of this holiday, although I would think it’s best celebrates in colder weather. Partly sunny now that the fog has burnt and 71 degrees in Warren. Calm wind. The dew point is 64 degrees. Stopping briefing at the Jake’s Rocks Overlook before heading out to Presque Isle for swimming.

Today will have a chance of showers between 11am and 2pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high of 79 degrees at 5pm. Three degrees below normal. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 64 at 10am. The record high of 97 was set in 1894. The sun will set at 8:36 pm with dusk around 9:07 pm, which is 1 minutes and 4 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 14 hours and 28 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 2 minutes and 3 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 63 at 6pm. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1968.

0.4 inch of rain expected between Saturday 2pm and Sunday 7pm. Within the next four days, a total of 0.4 inches of rain is expected.

We have some muggy weather coming up. Sunday 10am – Sunday 6pm. Maximum temperature will be 74 degrees and a maximum dew point of 66. Wednesday 5pm – Wednesday 11pm. Maximum temperature will be 81 degrees, a heat index reaching 83, and a maximum dew point of 65. Thursday 7pm – Friday 1am. Maximum temperature will be 77 degrees, a heat index reaching 77, and a maximum dew point of 65.

There are 2 weeks until First Day of Sunset Before 8 PM in Albany when the sun will be setting at 8:18 pm with dusk at 8:49 pm. The average high temperature is 81 degrees, with a record high of 99 in 1944.

Made some eggs and sausage for breakfast. Got clothes and gear out for the day and got the camp gear put away. Got firewood for the night. Put it all under tarp. Got cleaned up and after a brief stop at Jake’s Rocks, then I’m heading over to Erie, Penna. and Presque Isle State Park.

It was a nice night. I ended up staying up until well after 1 am but I had a nice campfire and it was pretty nice once the drizzle stopped. Foggy morning, as is common in the Allegheny Woods.

My laptop battery is dead, so I won’t be able to upload yesterday’s photos until tomorrow. It should get a good charge on the way out to Erie, Penna.

I listened to Hillary’s speech last night. I have to admit this is the first keynote address of the conventions I’ve stayed up until late night to until I was on vacation. I fell asleep before Trump’s speech last week, in part because I had to work the next day.

I liked a lot of what I heard but I do have serious concerns about what she had to say about guns and the second amendment. I also worry that a democratic president could lock up a lot of public lands as developed parks and monuments, taking away people’s right to camp, hunt, fish, off-road and ATV. There are some special areas that deserve wilderness protections but most forests can sustain a wide variety of public and private uses. Hillary seems like a liberal without bounds and I worry that there might not be a powerful congress to check her.

That said Trump worries me. He strikes me as a greedy business man, who doesn’t have a moral compass. I fear what he would be like if elected president, as he seems to have a temper and a poor grasp of international affairs or economics. He could blow up the world markets. I don’t think he understands the oil crisis the world faces, even if prices are low now. Nor do I think we need a president who fails to acknowledge climate change, and the pros and cons to action.

I’m a lifelong Democrat. I’m sure I’ll come home at the end, but Hillary gives me pause. I hate how the National Democratic Party and it’s surrogates have taken to attack the NRA, when they’re out there advocating for me and my fellow gun owners. I don’t think guns should be a partisan issue, as self defense is a human right, and hunting gets people out in the wilderness and creating a personal stake in protecting our environment.

Truck Camping On Leonard Hill

Up by the Leonard Hill Fire Tower, there is a clearing cut into the hillside, and an area where there is a little fire place, and some grass that never grows that tall. It’s obvious that people camp up here from time to time, to enjoy the beautiful sunset, and myself I’ve been itching to watch a sunset from here for some time.

While on June 5th, the weather was somewhat cloudy, as thunderstorm after thunderstorm came rolling through the valleys and mountains alike, it actually turned out to be a remarkably beautiful evening. with a beautiful sunset into the clouds. The views from Leonard Hill where as spectacular as always.

Looking at my camping set up.

The rain lead to some beautiful misty sky scapes, especially as the sun was lowering in the sky. Here is Rossman Hill, where I had camped deep in the valley the previous night.

And here Blenheim Mountain with the Blenheim Upper Power Project Reservoir above it.

It was windy up there, but the little White Gas Coleman Stove did just find boiling the water for the pasta I was cooking up for dinner. I did stick it behind this little rock to provide a little more shelter from the wind, but regardless cooked it quickly.

With the wind racing up the hill with coming front, I kept the fire very small and a lot of water nearby. It had been raining throughout the day, so things weren’t particularly flammable, but with the winds being so strong, it was a bit frightening.

I watched the sunset into the valley while the very small campfire roared away with the winds whipping away. It wasn’t particularly cool, but by 8 PM, I did feel it neccessary to put on a long-sleeved shirt.

The sun setting through the trees.

With the clouds starting to over take the sun.

And eventually a front comes through, making the sun set before it normally would, quite far to the north, over Rossman Hill.

The view after sunset. You can just barely make out the mountains, from Utsayathana to the left, to Blenheim and the Reservoir in the center, to Burnt-Rossman Hills on the right.

The truck truck and camping gear after dark.

Awaking in the morning to pounding rain, which fortunately let up into a relatively thick fog by the time I got up in the morning. Here is a view out the back window of the truck cap.

My “night stand” in the truck. Books, radio, flashlight, even fan. I’m as well prepared as I would be at home for sure. That light has only a 9-watt florescent bulb in it, although if I ever needed more light, I have two other lead-lamps with 26-watt florescent in them to illuminate the night.

Packing up my gear on the foggy morning.

The rain and fog pretty much obstructed the view by morning.

The farther I got down the mountain, the worst the weather got on the truck trail. A little farther down the mountain, the fog was so bad, I had to drive really slow with my truck.

Here is a map of where I camped on top of Leonard Hill.

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