Search Results for: photo rays 2

November 25, 2019 Morning

Good morning! One month from now will be Christmas Day. 🎄 It’s cloudy, gray and brown and 38 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. Some God Rays peak through the clouds. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Thursday around 6 pm. ☃️ Turkey Day on Thursday. 🍗

Snow is all gone around here ❄ but it definitely was white up north, especially driving back through Wells after the snow squall. That said, I suspect most of the snow will disappear up north after the warm temperatures and what will likely be rain on Wednesday. I’m thinking about heading back to the Adirondacks on Black Friday assuming it looks to be sunny and I have that day off from work.

Today will be mostly cloudy ⛅ with more sun later and a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 21st. That said after the recent bought of cold weather that’s basically a heat wave. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 52 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 2004. 21.8 inches of snow fell back in 1971.❄

The sun will set at 4:25 pm with dusk around 4:56 pm, which is 35 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 46 degrees. There will be a southeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 27 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 45 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 34 degrees at 3am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 8th. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph after midnight. In 2018, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1938.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 33. Sunday, a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Typical average high for the weekend is 42 degrees.

Forecast seems similar to this past weekend but probably colder. Lots of sun ☀ on Friday too. If I do camp ⛺ this weekend it’s going to be hot tenting for sure. But it will be nice, especially next to a big ol fire 🔥. Might be icy in spots though after Wednesday rain followed by the arctic blast. 💨

Looking ahead, next Monday is Cyber Monday 🛍️ when the sun will be setting at 4:22 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 41 and 26 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 66 back in 1998.

Path

August 3, 2018 Morning

Good morning! Already it’s Friday! Two more days before I take down camp and head back to Albany. It’s been a very cloudy week but relatively rain free, at least compared to the previous week or even last year. With the end of vacation coming up on Sunday, we will already be in August, today marks three weeks to Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️.

The rain had stopped, but now it’s restarted and around 69 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest in Hector. ☁ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 66 degrees. The second half of this week has been quite muggy and cloudy although each day we’ve had a bit of clearing skies. The cowboys, or a guess graizers or farmers are out on the pasture across the street rounding up cows using four wheelers on this somewhat wet morning. 🐂🐃🐄

Today will have showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Cloudy ☔ , with a high of 74 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 6pm. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. It was humid. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1975.

Today’s plans will be similar to Wednesday, probably head into Watkins Glen later to get on the internet and then for a hike in the gorge and a swim in the pool. 🏊 I’m hoping for more sun later, but I’ll take it hour by hour. I need paper towels, matches and gasoline too. ⛽This morning, I’ll probably hang out at camp for a while, laying in the hammock listening to the radio, maybe going for a short walk later on.

Tonight in the Finger Lakes, the sun will set at 8:24 pm with dusk around 8:55 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds ☁with a chance of thunderstorms ⚡ and 70 degrees. The dew point will be 67 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 14 hours and 21 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 15 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy ☔ , with a low of 66 degrees at 6am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 6pm. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2017, we had mostly cloudy skies. It was sticky. It got down to 70 degrees. The record low of 46 occurred back in 1966.

As I brought my kayak all the way out to Watkins Glen, I really should put it to use at least once. 🚣 Especially as Saturday will be one of the most beautiful days of vacation. One option I’ve been thinking about is backtracking to Montezuma for a day and paddling along the Seneca Canal. That’s about an hour each way. Another option, is to put in on Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen and paddle the Montour Falls Canal, assuming that the lake isn’t too choppy and the canal isn’t flooding and mucky from today’s rain. After I did that I could hit up the Watkins Glen pool and deck one last time to soak up the rays before its done as far as I’m concerned for the year. Then obviously, one last hit of the Glen Dairy Bar.🍦🍧🍨 Another fall back is paddle and fish Lamoka Lake after visiting the Sugar Hill Firetower. Going to be such a beautiful and hot day on Saturday.

Come Sunday it’s the tear down that campsite day. ⛺ Yeap, vacation is coming to an end and I’ll have to head back to the old Albany to make more money, 🏢 so I can continue to invest in my future. 💰Going to be such a nice day, I’m thinking maybe I should get an early start taking down camp on Sunday, maybe hike Enfield Glen before eleven,🏊 then go swimming in the Gorge pool until 12:30 or one, then be back to Albany NY by four. 🕔

Despite the lack of sun, it’s been a good vacation. 😥I’m sure I will probably have a few more opportunities for weekend trips this summer, and I look forward to hunting season and my November road trip, which I’m thinking will have a day or two in the Finger Lakes, although the focus will be primarily more on the Western New York and probably Pennsylvania. West Virginia remains a possibility but not a certainty at this point, I’m still evaluating my options. 🗻

I love being out in the wilderness, and look forward to owning my own land and living off grid in a low tax high freedom state. 🔥🔫🐂 I wish everyday could be as much fun as my camping adventures, and not just be the daily grind in the city, with the toilet and refrigerator I’m always struggling with at home, or all the restrictions that come with living in the city. The rural landscapes and the hills and valleys really stir my soul and remind me there are things to life beyond that dirty, rundown apartment in the city that the rent keeps going up on.

When I get back home, I have to schedule an oil change for Big Red and I have an eye appointment on Thursday.👀 I have a coupon from the General for a $50 synthetic oil change and tire rotation, which is a good deal but it does mean having to bring it all the way back up to DeNoyer in Colonie.🚗 But then I shouldn’t need an oil change until late winter or early spring, and I’ll have contacts for the year.

I am going to create a new Facebook Page for my blog over the next few weeks. 📰 The new changes to Facebook API makes it impossible to automatically post from my blog to my Facebook profile, but if I have a page I can continue to easily post all my posts and photos to Facebook. I’ll probably share some of what I post on blog and Facebook Page to my personal profile but looking at the tools and options available for Facebook Pages, I think I make the switch sooner rather than later.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Average High Falls To 79 ️Degrees ⛱️️️ when the sun will be setting at 7:54 pm with dusk at 8:23 pm in the Finger Lakes. Figure about 15 minutes earlier back in Albany. On that day in 2017, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 75 and 56 degrees. We hit a record high of 95 back in 1947.

January 5, 2017 8 AM Update

Good morning! Not a terrible walk down to the Park and Ride.  Partly sunny and 26 degrees in Delmar, NY. The sun angle is weak but there are sufficient rays to get into your eyes. Listening to the Seekers’ Georgy Girl which is a sufficiently cheery song for a sunny morning like today. Didn’t have any coffee today because I was out of milk because somebody namely me drank a the last of the milk with cookies last night. Orange juice was fine. I did remember to pack my lunch today.

Enjoy the sun as later we will have increasing clouds, with a high of 31 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies and a high of 19 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1950. 8 inches of snow fell back in 1891.

The sun will set at 4:37 pm with dusk around 5:08 pm, which is 59 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 12 minutes of daylight, an increase of one minute and 6 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly between 10pm and 4am. Cloudy, with a low of 22 degrees at 4am. Four degrees above normal. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 5 degrees under mostly clear skies. The record low of -19 occurred back in 1996.

There is a lot of traffic this afternoon going through the plaza. Probably just the normal rush hour delays with everybody back to work. Very clear, and the plaza is pretty but I didn’t bring my camera with me this morning.  Too bad, because it would have been a good opportunity to get some photos.

Watched some of PBS Nature’s Coywolf show. Very interesting special although I think at some point years back I had previously watched it. I will finish watching the recording tonight after I get back fro the library and my evening walk.

August 30, 2016 8 AM Update

A pretty nice morning and I got an early enough of a start to walk down to the express bus stop. It’s good to get a little exercise and soak in some rays before I get stuck in the office all day. Plus the express bus is much more scenic. I’m glad they at least retained the earlier bus.

To add to my list of things to do on Saturday, I plan to install a switch for the CB radio and run a power line to power the new mini-amp I bought to boost the currently muffled output of the PA speaker on my truck. I also got to get the dash cam mounted. I also have to fix one of the lights in the truck cap (again), and do the oil change. I should also get a hair cut. I need to do some cleaning around the apartment.

After that though I think I will be good to go out to Schoharie County for wilderness camping, assuming the weather holds out. I’ve picked out the general area where I want to camp, and while I’ve never walked the land, I’ve driven it and studied the arterial photos. I think it will work well. Sunday I will hike and swim at Mine Kill State Park, and plan to return home fairly early on Labor Day.