Good evening! Partly clear and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 For a while it cleared out this evening after sunset and it was really nice. There is a north-northeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at around 2 am. ☃️

I sat out back for a while with a book 📖 and it was nice ✨ until it started to get cold. For a while the moon was out and the stars were shining. 🌗 Earlier on I walked down to the Elm Avenue Park ⛲ to get some podcasts to listen 🎧 to as I haven’t been on the internet since Sunday except for my phone 📱 and I guess you could say the Zoom session for work but that was on my work computer which is just for work.

Today I spent a lot of time playing with an experimental theme for the blog. 📝 I am trying to make the pictures more prominent, tell my story and experiences better. I figure while I’m home I should see how to better my blog before camping season starts. I am not sure if I will use the new design or only parts of it but I like experimenting with code.

Another pretty quiet day at work, it was fun setting up the lights and figuring out how to do Zoom 🎥 and make it look good on my end. I’ve done other training classes on Zoom but those have been mass trainings with the camera off. I just know when things finally start getting back to normal at work, things will be so busy to make up for lost time. At least by then hopefully the weather is nice enough that I can work outside most days. 🌳I don’t mind the idea of social distancing under a tree on a sixty five degree with a laptop, as long as I’m not stuck inside my moldy apartment.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 30 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 28th. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 26 degrees. The record low of 9 occurred back in 1923.

Tonight will have a First Quarter 🌓 Moon with 47% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the southwest (222°) at an altitude of 67° from the horizon, some 237,670 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 September 28^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 7. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 6:11 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:39 am in the east (83°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:17 am with sun in the east (90°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 15 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 55 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 7th. Light north wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 42 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 1986. 5 inches of snow fell back in 1924.❄

I decided against the Adirondacks for this weekend but maybe the long weekend next. ⛺ Not a lot of snow left along the East Branch but it looks like at this point it will be melting away. I assume I’ll have Good Friday off next week. 🐰As Easter dinner with the family seems unlikely at this point, I won’t have to rush back next Sunday and there will be virtually no traffic. But who knows what the weather will be like by next week. I could use some social distancing next to a fire 🔥 with some cold ones in the Adirondacks. If I do go up north, I’m not going to hike any mountains but I might hike back to a remote lake or waterfall when I’m up there where I’m not likely to run into many people.

My thought about you working from the Green Mountain National Forest come nicer weather in May ⛺ is probably not going to come to fruition with the state requiring out of state visitors to quarantine. It was a crazy idea, truth be told but with my phone 📱 and laptop 💻 and solar on my truck I probably could have made it work. After all you can stay in the Green Mountain National Forest for 14 days roadside camping without a permit. Having ice to keep the milk cold would have been a pain but I know the areas up there where I have decent phone service. I’d probably remove my front New York plate once I set up camp to be safe (Vermont has become a one plate state).

I am a little hesitant to get my truck worked on right away 🔧because I know the alignment issue isn’t essential but it ought to be addressed. I was going to wait until I got new tires but I want to try to get another year out of the existing tires to buy more time to decide what I want to do with Big Red – go carless for a few years? Not sure. The thing is I know it’s not an essential repair and every social contact is one more chance of picking up Coronavirus. 👾 While I’m relatively young and healthy, and I still have the good state health plan, I don’t want to be on a respirator at the hospital during the middle of a pandemic. 🏥Let’s be honest, cars are full of greasy and dirt and mechanics are driving different peoples cars all day and aren’t necessarily washing hands between cars. 🚘

In four weeks on April 28 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (291°) at 7:52 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 52 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 51 and 40 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 42 degrees. The record high of 92 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 1 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 5 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 12 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 31 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 31 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 51 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Good morning! Yeah, it’s Friday! Two weeks to Good Friday ✝️. I am thinking of I get Good Friday off that would be nice to tack another day on the weekend for you road / camping trip. ⛺ I normally socially distance when I travel and camp as I like having big fires 🔥 , listening to music 🎶 and shooting guns 🔫 and I can wear gloves when I pump gas. ⛽ Trust me, you know my preferred music type, you want to social distance me.

Partly cloudy and 45 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a north-northwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. Incredibly beautiful morning. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow 2 am. ☃️

Such a nice morning. 😎 Too bad it’s a work day and while I’m not stuck in an office I am sure projects will be coming my way so I can’t get too far from my phone 📱 and laptop. I am actually getting a work laptop for official duties which is good because I am not a big fan of using my personal laptop as I don’t like mixing work and personal stuff. I certainly don’t want to use a work VPN on my personal computer for obvious reasons. 💻

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 3pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 14th. Northwest wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1998. 6.7 inches of snow fell back in 1959.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 50.2° from the due south horizon (-20.6° vs. 6/21). First above fifty degrees in the sky – that should lead to some nice warm spring days. A six foot person will cast a 5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:39 pm with the sun in the west (269°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (275°) starting at 7:13 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 54 seconds with dusk around 7:44 pm, which is one minute and 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (261°) at an altitude of 30° from the horizon, 248,511 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 8:18 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 50 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 31 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 29 degrees at 6am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 26th. I’m surprised the average low is now thirty – true sign that spring is coming. 🌸 Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 33 degrees. The record low of 3 occurred back in 1923.

Tomorrow will rain likely, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds ⛅ , with a high of 54 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 5th. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 55 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1945. 14.2 inches of snow fell back in 1932.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, rain before 8am, then showers likely, mainly after 11am. 💦 High near 51. Southeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Typical average high for the weekend is 50 degrees.

I seriously thought about heading out of town this weekend ⛺ but I think Saturday will be quite cloudy ☁and I would be taking down camp in the cold rain. Plus I really should work to save money – between car insurance and rent I have $1,100 leaving my bank account today,💸 although fortunately next Tuesday is a pay day.💰 That said, I owe New York State over $300 in two weeks 💵 between the quarterly tax payment and the usual credit card bill, as I rarely use cash 💳.

That said, maybe next weekend. 💭 The long range looks very good for Friday through Sunday, a week from now ⛺ and trout season 🎣 will be open. Question is how busy I’ll be during those days. Not sure, but if it’s relatively quiet around the office 🏢, we’ll home office I could take next Friday off.

But as previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Good Friday ✝️ when the sun will be setting at 7:32 pm with dusk at 8:01 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy skies and temperatures between 50 and 32 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 56 degrees. That might also be a good weekend to camp ⛺. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1922.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 50 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Laying out back in my truck cap, reading 📖 a book about tiny house living. Nice evening. The snow is gone once again but we could some day once again have snow in the closing days of March or April. But I’m not urging it on. ❄ Honest, I want the snow to be home so I can travel and camp. At least it won’t be cold for a while. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 4 am. ☃️

It was another pretty quiet day at work, 💻 I went down to the library for a while to do some research I couldn’t just do on my phone. I then came home and sat my phone and nothing further came in. I ended up sitting out back, working on some blog posts and doing some reading 📖 until it was time to clock out. 🕒 Things have been so disorderly since the mandatory work from home started and while it’s good to be employed – unlike the millions that aren’t – it’s scary times for sure. 👾 I just keep reading the headlines and I get the numbers game society is up against and both the crushing economic challenges we face and the near impossibility of stopping a virus that doubles every six days, which means every six day you raise it to the n-th power.

I just want things to return to normal. 🚍 Get up every morning, catch the bus downtown, take the express bus home at five o’clock, 🕔head out of town in the summer to camp ⛺, not excessively worry about washing one’s hands or touching a public door knob. 🚪 Simple things that are gone from our lives today. Old routines everyday at work, a predictable future 🔮. It does save time working from home and I can sleep 😴 in late but I liked the old routine, visiting my family 👪 and seeing my colleagues at work.

Later on in the evening, I walked down to the park ⛲. Odd to go down there on such a nice night and see nobody there except some outlaw teens playing basketball 🏀 at least until the cops 👮 see it and tell them to go home. I thought 💭 about bringing my book down there to read 📖 but truth be told I didn’t really want to sit on the park bench and sitting on grass is not a good idea as I’ve picked up ticks there before and this is a bad tick year. 🐜

Honestly I don’t want to get Coronavirus if I can all avoid it – I’ve been very socially isolated and when I’m out walking 🚶 I try hard to maintain distance. The last public place I was in since Saturday was Stewart’s and in the past two weeks the only other two public places outside of the woods or my truck is North Greenbush Shop Rite 🏪 and Stewart’s Gas. ⛽

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 41 degrees at 6am. 11 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 25th. South wind 5 to 9 mph. I closed the windows ⬜ but the heat remains off. In 2019, we had clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 22 degrees. The record low of 11 occurred back in 1975.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 6% illuminated. At 8 PM, the moon was in the west (268°) at an altitude of 16° from the horizon, some 250,323 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 2^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺Going to take a while to get there if you obey the dictims of the Albany. At least once your there, you’ll have a hell of a social distancing going on. But then again, your probably not going to get Coronavirus through your space suit. 👽The moon will set in the west-northwest (283°) at 9:32 pm. The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Tuesday, April 7. The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 6:20 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:48 am in the east (86°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:25 am with sun in the east (92°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 57 degrees at 4pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 12th. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Should be another real nice day. A year ago, we had sunny skies. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 78 was set in 1998. 6.7 inches of snow fell back in 1959.❄

In four weeks on April 23 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (288°) at 7:46 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 54 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, warm, rain showers and temperatures between 75 and 50 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 62 and 40 degrees. The record high of 87 degrees was set back in 2007.

🇺🇸🦅Only 8 weeks remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

I am looking forward to that holiday weekend, and hopefully by then the worse of Coronavirus will be done 👾and things will have a chance to return to the normal swatting at black flies. Yes, I really should plan on speeding more time in researching a screened in picnic table tent to make black fly season camping ⛺ a lot more fun.

Good evening! Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The snow is basically gone except from some sad snow men. ☃ ️Temperatures will drop below freezing around 1 am. ☃️

Wasn’t sure how cold ❄ it would be on my evening walk 🚶 but it turned out to be a fairly reasonable night. Little more traffic tonight than recent nights – it’s been so quiet lately when I go for my evening walk. Maybe because it was a little later. Ran into some random person smoking pot on a dark part of the street but I social distance him so no real concerns there. 🚬 People get it, they appreciate it when you give them distance. 🐅

Today went by quickly, it was a pretty quiet day at work. 😂It does save a lot of time not commuting and I kind of like working out of my truck. 💻 That said, conference calls and even Zoom Meetings aren’t like being in person, although I do like the mute 🔕 button ⚫and being able to flip to other browser tabs. Plus work done at home without social media distractions is much more productive. I’ve discovered how truly much more energy efficient the DC car charger for my laptop is compared to the AC charger plugged into my inverter. 🔌

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 28 degrees at 6am. One degree below normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 23rd. Light and variable wind. Not all that much longer before the average night is above freezing in Albany. Then I’ll definitely be able to have heat off. ♨ In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 21 degrees. The record low of 2 occurred back in 1960.

The darkest hour is at 1:02 am, followed by dawn at 6:22 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:50 am in the east (87°) and last for 2 minutes and 54 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:27 am with sun in the east (93°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 32 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 54 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 14th. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Should be a really nice day. I won’t mind working down a Five Rivers in my truck tomorrow for sure. Beats working in the dungeon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 45 degrees. The record high of 74 was set in 1986. 6.1 inches of snow fell back in 1899.❄

I ordered a new pair of boots 👢 because the ones I’m wear are showing holes through their bottoms. I found I can order my size online and get free shipping, so no digging through the store to find their not in stock. Still having trouble with the state tax department website. 🏬Didn’t get a chance to do any more research into screened in tents for camping during Black Fly Season or some of my longer trips for rainy days 🎪 but I should do that tomorrow.

I also got to think about where I want to go for my April road trip. ⛺ I am thinking Madison and Chenango Counties for good trout fishing 🎣 opportunities but the Adirondacks are still a possibility. 🗻 Depends on how much snow there is. That said, while the state forests camping areas are quite large compared to campgrounds, I kind of want to be as far away from others as possible in this era of social distancing.👾 Plastic gloves while pumping gas ⛽, hand sanitizer and just staying as far away from others as possible, as it seems like the apex of the Coronavirus crisis in New York will be about the week I’m planning my trip.

Took another sleeping pill 💊 so I sleep well because otherwise I wake up during the night and turn on the BBC or NPR Morning Edition 📻 and the news 📰 is so sad and worrying. 😢 Coronavirus is a disaster and it’s only going to get worse before it gets better. It’s a crazy wind driven wildfire that is out of control, going to jump every fire break we put up against it. 🔥 I am not convinced that social distancing is going to have a big impact – it feels good to spray the out of control fire with water 💦 – but it’s not going to stop burning until Coronavirus naturally burns itself out. I bet Texas won’t get hit as hard as New York even though they’ve done far less. My science friend who is on the front lines says Coronavirus is blowing right towards the big nursing homes 👴 in New York City and while they are doing everything they can to stop the march 👾into the facilities, it’s going to arrive shortly and it will lead to a shocking number of casualties. 🏢Its endlessly sad and I think it’s very dishonest of the politicians to act like their is much we can do at this point. 🎤

In four weeks on April 22 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (288°) at 7:45 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 55 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, warm and temperatures between 74 and 51 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 61 and 40 degrees. The record high of 86 degrees was set back in 1985.

Looking ahead, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 1 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 2 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 3 weeks except its not due to Coronavirus, Earth Day 🌎 is in 4 weeks, Memorial Day 🇺🇸 is in 2 months, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 13 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 43 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 57 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸