Good evening! Clear and chilly around 55 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. ☔ There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 47 degrees. That breeze along with the dampness of the rain earlier make it kind of chilly.

I did lay back in the hammock for a bit until I decided it was getting cold and I put my jeans, 👖, hoodie and vest on. I don’t think I was fully prepared for how chilly this evening would be after the rain shower and strong winds pushed through followed by the rainbow 🌈. Stars ✨ are real pretty now that I’ve cut the lights for the night 🌃 but it’s cold so after sitting by the fire 🔥 for a while I hit bed in the truck.

While this campsite ⛺ is quite beautiful 🗻 it is very exposed to the weather. Sunny days are hot. The wind is always quite strong here. 💨 It’s a great place to be cold and get a sunburn. A few of the days working under the screen tent 🎪 may have pleasant but they sure where hot.

It was nice hiking 🚶 through logging roads down from Mud Pond Road to NY 30, through mixed age woods and some more recently cut areas. Part of the less used part of the logging road was a bit muddy but the recent cut areas are well maintained. 🌲🌲🌲Definitely see a lot of grassland birds including grouse that are relatively uncommon in other parts of the Adirondacks. Seeing the pig rock 🐽 up close was neat – I’ve only driven by it before and while I’m not sure if Jessup River under NY 30 has currently enough water to paddle 🚣 it looks like good fishing 🎣. More photos to come when I get home.

I am afraid my love 😍 of apple juice 🍏 as an alternative to beer 🍻 due to the recycling returns ♻ restrictions due to Coronavirus caught up with my after dinner in the sense I had to run to the bucket shitter 💩 twice after dinner. That plus the greasy sausage patty despite the cheese and sauce toping did not help. At least mornings are nicer with no hang over. 😖 Feeling fine now but I was hot and I pounded the apple juice rather than the water 💦 when I got back to camp.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 46 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 14th. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1958.

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 97% illuminated. The moon will rise at 9:51 pm. Late enough for some star viewing ✨ before the moons light pollution drowns out everything. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:18 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Sunrise is 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (64°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 40 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 57 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 2nd. North wind around 10 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1999.

I am still kind of ruminating about the loss of Eli the family dog 🐶 I hadn’t seen in weeks due to the pandemic. I knew he wasn’t doing all that well and he was getting old for a dog but it just bothers me a lot about so much of the world 🌍 keeps moving on while we social distance. Virtual life isn’t the same as human contact. I should call 📞 mom again on Monday. I’m probably going to camp for one or two more nights at a different campsite and work up here for a few days before heading home. I’d still like to do some shore fishing 🎣 at Mason Lake.

In four weeks on July 4 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:41 pm,🌄 which is 5 minutes and 56 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot and humid weather, mostly sunny and temperatures between 91 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 104 degrees was set back in 1911.

Looking ahead, Summer ️⛱️ is in 2 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 70 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. Calm wind. The dew point is 60 degrees. 🌃

A very pleasant evening with the Strawberry Full Moon. 🍓 Fairly mild with the spring peepers and frogs 🐸 chirping in the background. It wasn’t real hot day but by afternoon it was a bit hot working under the tent. 🎪 A busy day at work but things that needed to get done got done. Lately the work at work has been pretty dry and boring 💤 but it was important work that needed to get done.

Tonight will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 22nd. Maximum dew point of 60 at 9pm. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had heavy rain in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1971.

Tonight will have the Strawberry Full Moon. 🍓 At 9 PM, the moon was in the east-southeast (123°) at an altitude of 2° from the horizon, some 232,774 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 November 29^th. Buckle up for safety! The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:18 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Sunrise is 21 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:02 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and one second over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny ☀, with a high of 71 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 22nd. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6am. West wind 7 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1925.

I am going to do some hiking and fishing 🎣 tomorrow. Nothing too ambitious. Sunday I’ll run out to Speculator for some beer, ice and other food supplies and probably set up camp by Mason Lake for a few days next week ⛺. Or maybe I’ll head home. Probably not until sometime next week as long as I have decent cell service for work at that other campsite. 📶 Also maybe some hammock time and reading. 📖 Don’t plan to get out of bed early tomorrow as I’m staying up late tonight 🌕 with the full moon lighting the land up all around and no bugs at night 🌃 and possible rain ☔ in the morning. Sleep in late enough and things will start to clear.

In four weeks on July 3 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:41 pm,🌄 which is 6 minutes and 53 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, partly sunny, shallow fog and temperatures between 90 and 63 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1911.

Looking ahead,

Good morning! Today 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️. Partly cloudy and 70 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. ⛅ There is a west-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees.

A pretty nice summer morning. ☀ Laying back in the hammock – with the breeze, Picardin on the legs and a hammock sprayed with Permethrin its not too buggy. 🐛

Rained for a while ☔ last night but by morning things were clearing out by morning. Things were just a little damp by morning.

I expect it will be a nice day for working remotely from up in the woods. 💻 I good cell phone reception 📶 here and ample sun for solar power. Maybe even take the laptop and work from the hammock as I look out at the clouds and mountains or if I do need to work from the table use the binoculars for bird watching. 🐦

Today will have isolated showers before 11am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny 🌦, with a high of 80 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 22nd. Maximum dew point of 61 at 10am. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1925.

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 99% illuminated. The moon will rise at 8:45 pm. The Strawberry 🍓 Moon is on Saturday, June 6. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:18 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Sunrise is 21 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:02 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 41 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and one second over last night.

Tonight will have scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 60 degrees at 5am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 27th. Maximum dew point of 59 at 8pm. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2019, we had heavy rain in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1971.

The lantern post I bought to use the lantern in the tent🏮 worked quite well. I am quite happy with it. Still having some problems with the lantern with one of the mantles not getting proper gas pressure. I may try to take it apart if I have some downtime today at work. But I don’t know – it might be a pretty busy day at work. 📝

In four weeks on July 3 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:41 pm,🌄 which is 6 minutes and 53 seconds later then today. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, partly sunny, shallow fog and temperatures between 90 and 63 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1913.

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 64 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. 🌃 There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 55 degrees. A pretty nice evening to be up in the Adirondacks.

It is nice to be up north camping ⛺ but don’t get me wrong, it was still very much so a working day. I might of set up camp at the same end of the day but for most of the day I was actually quite busy. But I plan to work from camp tomorrow and heavierhave a quiet weekend, probably just hiking from camp to fishing and swimming holes. 🏊 That said by Sunday the high is only going to be around 70 and if I move to a different campsite come Monday highs will only be in the sixties.

It was a long trip north. 🚙 Traffic seemed a bit heavier with the lock down ending 🔓 and the fact I left about a half hour later as I didn’t need to get a campsite before work. I’ve been staying up too late lately and tonight is no exception although there is no reason for me to get up early tomorrow morning and even less for Saturday. Yes I have to clock in a nine but I can still be cooking breakfast 🍳 while I boot the laptop and clock in. All the wires and power is run for the morning, setting up should be a breeze.

With the wind this afternoon 🍃 I ended up working from my truck at the Speculator Library. I found it hard to hear client calls 📞 by the lake and it looks bad if they could hear waves cashing in the background. It wasn’t super hot today and while it was pleasant working down by the lake I wanted to have unrestricted internet so I could watch YouTube in a picture in pictures window while I worked. 💻

Believe it or not the bugs 🐜 are worse now than a two weeks ago over Memorial Day Weekend. Only black flies then but now the horse flies are out as are some mosquitoes. The screen tent 🎪 helps a lot if I’m careful not to let them in but even after dark the hammock ain’t that great.

That said by 9 pm the worst of the bugs were done 🐜 and I had a big ol fire around ten once the wind died🔥. Stayed up another two hours, partly next to the fire and partially in the hammock. Too many clouds ☁ to get a good view of the full moon 🌕 or see the land all lit in moonlight.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 57 degrees at 4am. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 15th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 6am. Southwest wind around 5 mph. In 2019, we had light rain in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1990.

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 99% illuminated. At 11 PM, the moon was in the south-southeast (158°) at an altitude of 24° from the horizon, some 230,582 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 November 26^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Strawberry 🍓 Moon is on Friday, June 5. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:44 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:19 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 29 seconds. Sunrise is 23 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:02 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 42 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 5 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a slight chance of showers between 10am and 11am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny , with a high of 79 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 17th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 8am. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1925.

In four weeks on July 2 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:42 pm,🌄 which is 7 minutes and 49 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 84 and 65 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 60 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1966.