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January 5, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly clear and 29 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at tomorrow around 10 am. 🌡️ The moonlight is nice with the Wolf Moon 🐺 expected Friday.

Hiking in the Albany Pine Bush was delightful but cold. 🌲Pine Bush meeting was all business but that’s to be expected. I donated $100 towards their efforts to hire experts, I encourage you to also donate at RappRoadGoFundme.org. I normally don’t like to spend money 💵 that I don’t have to but fighting development in the Pine Bush is important and honestly I can afford it as I didn’t go to the Finger Lakes last week. I’m not planning any big trips in the coming weeks. It also looks like it will be relatively mild over the next few weeks, helping to save on the heating bills.

A lot of deer were out running by the road tonight. ⚠ Nice how much longer the nights have gotten lately though. I was surprised driving past Tommell Cattle 🐄 on Stove Pipe Road that the lots were empty. I had heard cattle prices were off so it might not be worthwhile for them to be fattening them up right now though. I used to remember how pungent those feedlots were as a kid. Grain can have a pretty strong smell when it rots. 🌾 I think it’s more often the spoiled grain then the manure which is really pungent on farms.

Had a nice ham dinner at the folks house. 🐷 As lately thanks to YouTube I have an obsession with all things pork, I also got a pork roast to cook later in the week or maybe Saturday. They’re pretty good although probably not as good as something you killed yourself. It’s kind of cool though the different worlds and places that YouTube can take you – from the large hog farm to the remote off grid cabin all while on the exercise bike. 🚲

My apartment still stinks from using the broiler. I think there is something that has run into the top of the oven to make it smell 👃I love how the broiler cooks the top of the food but not the smell the oven makes when it’s on. I have no problems with the normal oven. While I was on the bike watching YouTube earlier, I lit a candle to mask the smell which helped a bit. I rarely use candles as I know they are dangerous inside but I don’t like the energy consumption of the plug in models. 🔌 Honesty, when I own my own land if I’m off grid I’ll probably heat with wood and maybe use some oil lamps to supplement solar power in the winter, so fire safety is so important to always practice. ⚠

Tonight will have a chance of snow, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds 🌨, with a low of 25 degrees at 1am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 14th. Saves on the heating bills. Maximum wind chill around 25 at 12am; Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. 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 22 degrees. The record low of -19 occurred back in 1996.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 77% illuminated. At dusk you’ll see the moon in the east-southeast (118°) at an altitude of 44° from the horizon, some 247,186 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 Almost close enough today you could head up there for the weekend on your space ship. The Wolf 🐺 Moon is on Friday, January 10. Howl! The darkest hour is at 12:01 am, followed by dawn at 6:54 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:26 am in the east-southeast (121°) and last for 3 minutes and 23 seconds. Sunrise is 2 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:11 am with sun in the southeast (129°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 49 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 3 seconds over last night. Nights are definitely getting shorter now. I noticed quite a bit of light after 5 pm driving out to my parents house from Guilderland.

Tomorrow will have a chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 39 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 1st. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Sounds like a bit of a sloppy commute tomorrow but bit a bit deal. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 44 degrees. The record high of 71 was set in 2007. 12.7 inches of snow fell back in 2002.❄

In four weeks on February 2 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (248°) at 5:09 pm,🌄 which is 33 minutes and 32 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 32 and -2 degrees. That’s a pretty big range for a day, cold front come throughout. Typically, you have temperatures between 32 and 15 degrees. The record high of 53 degrees was set back in 1981. Ground Hog day ain’t real warm.

I keep watching what is happening in Iran. 💣It just seems like its going to be a disaster and at minimum it is going to greatly escalate gas prices ⛽ and mean a whole bunch more taxpayer dollars 💵 wasted on security and war machines.

Well folks I better get to sleep. 💤Part of the reason I have been feeling a bit sick lately is I’ve been staying up too late. As much as I enjoy watching stupid YouTube videos of people chasing cows around 🐮 or chopping wood it’s time for bed. My headphones 🎧 were discharged too, another sign of bed time. I also watched an interesting video learning some new techniques for processing meat rabbits 🐰. A good night’s sleep is good being my best at work, demonstrating quality products for my clients, achieving results and ultimately making more money. 💵

Looking ahead, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 3 weeks, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 4 weeks, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 5 weeks, March 🌨 is in 8 weeks, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 9 weeks, Ides of March ✝ is in 10 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 3 months, Easter 🐰 is in 14 weeks (rabbit is a healthy food), Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 4 months, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 18 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 19 weeks, 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ is in 5 months, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 22 weeks and Fathers Day 👨 is in 23 weeks.

January 3, 2020 8 AM Update

Good morning! Happy Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️! Next Friday is Wolf Moon 🌕. Howl at that. 🐺 Mostly cloudy and 37 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Sunday around 2 am. ☃️

Not a half bad morning but I’m glad it’s a Friday. With my time off from work and the New Years Eve holiday I’ve been staying up too late lately 😴 and not getting enough sleep at night. I had to kind of hurry out the door this morning 🚪 as I was running 🏃 late but I caught the express bus 🚍 in time. There is a traffic light 🚦 out on the Delmar bypass and they have cops 👮 out there monitoring and directing traffic.

Today will have a slight chance of showers between 10am and 5pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 45 degrees at 3pm. 14 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 17th. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Another day of mid March weather. Probably at least in Madison County more mud and manure spreading 💩 as things are still free of snow. So much mud out that way. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly clear by afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1913. 12 inches of snow fell back in 2003.❄

Today if should make an appointment for the doctor 😷 to figure out what the next step is with the Lyme which I’m still struggling to get over. Or maybe it’s a different condition but it sure feels like what I had after that tick bite. 🎯

Also continuing to research counseling services with my health insurance and also trying to put together a one pager 📄 of things I’d like to discuss. I got interested in this after listening to the Terry Gross interview of Howard Stern and then also the Lifekit podcast. I feel like if I got better at managing my emotions at times I could be a lot better at work, get better promotions and make more money. 💵

At times I feel like I’m getting old 👴 with all the gray hair popping up and I don’t want too many doors to close before deciding on my future. 🔮 It is 2020 now and I really got to start taking better control of my body 🚵before it’s too late. A little over three years from now I’ll be forty. I see so many people doing cool things on YouTube, 📹 living a life that I can only dream of today 💭 and I don’t want to pass up future 🔮 life choices before it’s too late. While I don’t think that the Lyme disease will continue to impact my life in the long run its kind of a wake up call 📞 now that’s its 2020 ⏰ and stiff knees and aches aren’t fun while I’m not that old yet.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:00 pm with sun having an altitude of 24.5° from the due south horizon (-46.3° vs. 6/21). The sun angle continues to improve steadily this time of year, but it will be a lot more noticeable once it gets into the forties on sunny days. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:49 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) starting at 4:31 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 23 seconds with dusk around 5:05 pm, which is 53 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:42 pm. At sunset, look for clouds with a chance of rain 🌧 and temperatures around 45 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 8 minutes of daytime, an increase of 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, cloudy 🌧, with a low of 35 degrees at 6am. 20 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 8th. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 30 degrees. The record low of -15 occurred back in 1904.

Tomorrow will rain before 4pm, then rain and snow. 🌧 High of 39 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 1st. Light north wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became mostly clear by afternoon. The high last year was 43 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1950. 8.8 inches of snow fell back in 2003.❄

Tomorrow I’ll probably wash my truck and get groceries. 🏪 I am getting pretty low on food and supplies 🍲. I also need to look at getting some milk 🐮 tonight or tomorrow as I only got a half gallon of milk when I was going out On New Year’s Eve to camp. ⛺

Looking ahead to Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 33. ⛅ Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 31 degrees. That night be the best day of the weekend but still a bit cool with the wind but mild by early January standards.

The plan for Sunday remains the Pine Bush meeting 🌲🌳and maybe some pre-gaming in the form of a hike in the Pine Bush. Then Sunday dinner at folks house. They’re having ham for dinner. 🐽

Honestly I doubt I will be getting back out for an overnight in the wilderness ⛺ for at least a few more weeks. I think it’s going to be mild and rainy the next few weeks – and I have things to do locally and then it will get bitterly cold ❄. We can’t make it through winter without one major outbreak of the cold.

🌹🌻🌼Only 76 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

Such a count down ⏳reminds us there is hope although it will be done before you know it, with black fly season 🐜 underway thrn summer and autumn. 🍂It keeps coming around and we’re just one step towards the future 🔮 which over before it begins.

As previously noted, next Friday is Wolf Moon 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 4:41 pm with dusk at 5:12 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 32 and 24 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 30 degrees. We hit a record high of 55 back in 2016.

January 1, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy New Years Day 2020 🎉 ! It’s a new morning in a new decade. Next Wednesday is Bubble Bath Day 🠼򏀮 Partly cloudy, breezy and 29 degrees at the Cole Hill State Forest in Berne. ❄ More clouds then sun but when the blue peaks through its pretty nice with the ice on the trees. Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the west 🌬 . The current wind chill is 17. Things will start to thaw out at around noontime. 🌡️ A chilly but kind of pretty morning when I got up briefly to do my business 💩 outside.

So we made it to the new decade. 🎇 I guess that should surprise no one, it’s just another stepping stone 🗻 in the great progression of things. One year closer to all hell breaking loose with climate change. That said, it was kind of neat to spend New Years Eve in the wilderness especially with that very brief winter thunderstorm. I wish it had been a little colder when I set up camp though as things were a bit sloshy 💧for a while until the mercury dropped. Made for the sled sliding well with the gear. Everything is frozen solid this morning though.

Coffee with egg nog ☕ is good on this first morning, which is a bit chilly but not too bad. Like anything it’s all a matter of how you choose to dress. 👚 Of course half the winter I keep my apartment at fifty degrees to save on the heat so I can’t complain that much about 29 degrees in the wilderness, sitting next to the propane heater. Gotta save money 💵 so I can burn it in my is jacked up truck.

A new decade with new challenges but I’ll embrace them as they come. 🎉 Always keep on learning and saving for a better tomorrow. I think by 2030 I’ll be much closer to owning land and finally getting to a better place to live with more freedom. 😍

An off grid property like a hunting camp way out in the country without running water or electricity on 40 acres is a lot more affordable than one might think 💭. Certainly a steal compared to the plastic houses 🏡 the suburbanites love. Taxes are so much lower in a place like Missouri too. I bet when you generate your own power with solar, haul your own water, heat with wood you chop your own self and meat you harvest yourself, you are a lot more conscious of waste. ♻

Only a few more weeks of plastic bags 👝 at the supermarkets. I have some cloth bags I got from work I’ve been saving for some time to use when the new law goes into effect. I’ll just need to make sure I reserve them for shopping purposes 🏪 and not bring them to work with lunch or carry them out to the woods with gear for camping ⛺. I used to use reusable bags a lot more years ago, but stopped because I never had them with me. I was thinking this morning how I’ll miss them for camping – so convenient for carrying gear, keeping things dry and storing camp trash until it’s burnt 🔥. I bought paper rather than Styrofoam bowels for camping this time – they’re actually a lot more durable in the pack, don’t smell nasty when they’re burnt and the more I learn about Styrofoam the more nasty I realize it is – especially the blowing agents and climate change. They’re not that much more expensive. 🍚 Now I get that there isn’t much of a difference between paper and Styrofoam in a landfill – waste of all types barely break down in landfills but that’s fine because I don’t want tend to burn my camp trash.

Back from dreaming to the forecast for today. New Year’s Day 2029 will have a slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 35 degrees at 2pm. Four degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 15th. West wind around 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 1966. 9.2 inches of snow fell back in 1961.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 24.3° from the due south horizon (-46.5° vs. 6/21). Still got a ways to go before the sun is high in the sky. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 3:48 pm with the sun in the southwest (231°). 📸 Might actually be a good time to take some pictures this afternoon, especially in the hill towns with all the ice. The sunset is in the west-southwest (239°) starting at 4:30 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 24 seconds with dusk around 5:05 pm, which is 50 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:41 pm. At sunset, look for possible snow showers 🌨 and temperatures around 32 degrees. The wind chill around sunset will be 21. ☃️ Breezy, 16 mph breeze 🍃 from the west. Today will have 9 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, an increase of 43 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight, that is for the New Years Day Eve fondue my parents are having will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 22 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 4th. I’m ready to skip ahead to March. Saves on the heating bills, says the boy who puts $60 bills into the tank of his big jacked up truck but hates paying $80 for heat and electricity. ♨ Maximum wind chill around 17 at 3am; West wind 6 to 15 mph. 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 20 degrees. The record low of -20 occurred back in 1970.

This afternoon having cheese fondue at the parents house 🍲 as their annual New Years Day celebration 🎉. Always a fun way to toast in the new year. Kind of hard to believe it’s already 2020, seemed like we were celebrating 2019 only a few days ago. Last year went by so fast.

Rain and snow this weekend but not really cold. 💦 Saturday, rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Sunday, a chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Typical average high for the weekend is 31 degrees.

This next weekend is a stay at home weekend except for the Save the Pine Bush meeting and maybe hiking in the Pine Bush before it. 🚶 I doubt they’ll have enough snow to ski 🎿 there. But that’s fine. The Pine Bush often is just as pretty without snow than with it.

🌹🌻🌼Only 78 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

I know, what a joke 🃏 with the flowers 🌷and calendar 📅 spring. I mean by then you might see farmers in Alabama posting pictures of happy cows 🐮 grazing on grass for the first time but it’s still a month or five weeks until you’ll see any real green in outlying parts. Still it gives me something to look forward to. I have certainly camped a few times on the first day of spring.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is Bubble Bath Day 🧼 when the sun will be setting at 4:40 pm with dusk at 5:11 pm. On that day in 2019, we had cloudy, mild, rain showers and temperatures between 41 and 29 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 30 degrees. We hit a record high of 60 back in 2008.

December 31, 2019 Night

Good evening on this final blog post of 2019 ! Cloudy and 31 degrees at the Cole Hill State Forest in Berne on this New Years Eve. ☁ We had a thunderstorm with some brief lightning and snow. ⚡ ❄ It was windy and intense for about five minutes and then it got quiet. There is a west-southwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. There is about 4 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ The skies will clear tomorrow around noontime.

It’s hard to believe that New Years Day is only a few hours away and it will be 2020. 🎇 To think it’s already the twenties when not all that long ago it was year 2000 and I was back in High School. I’ll be waking tomorrow to a brand new decade. Although it’s already basically 11 o’clock now and I could if I wanted to stay up the next hour listening to a podcast until midnight. I was outside by the fire until 10:30 when a snow squall and the breeze made me decide to jettison the cold ❄ outside for a nice warm tent 🎪. Maybe I will stay up to midnight 🕛, I’m in no rush to take down camp as things with the dropping temperatures are likely to be frozen early in the day until the sun comes out. Simple breakfast of instant oatmeal 🍚 and coffee ☕ for breakfast tomorrow and then it’s just a 20 minute drive home.

Tonight will have a chance of snow showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 25 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 7th. Even warmer back in the city. West wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. A few good gusts earlier for sure with that winter thunderstorm. The wind is a bit concerning with the ice on the trees being thrown or broken limbs but my campsite is relatively free of widow makers. 🍃 Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 27 degrees. I was up at Cherry Ridge last year and I left the night before because I was worried 😯 about the road being slippery when the ice turned to mud. In retrospect, should have done Moscow Hill horse 🐴 camp instead. The record low of -18 occurred back in 1970.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon with 31% illuminated. At dusk you’ll see the moon in the south (190°) at an altitude of 37° from the horizon, some 251,948 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀It was kind of a pretty moon tonight and it seems like my astrological calculations are right. The moon will set in the west-southwest (257°) at 10:06 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:00 am (the beginning of the decade), followed by dawn at 6:55 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:27 am in the east-southeast (121°) and last for 3 minutes and 25 seconds. Sunrise is 9 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 8:13 am with sun in the southeast (129°) at an altitude of 6°. Tonight will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 42 seconds over last night.

New Year’s Day 🎇 will have isolated snow showers after 8am. Partly sunny 🌦, with a high of 34 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 22nd. West wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light drizzle by afternoon. The high last year was 53 degrees. The record high of 57 was set in 1966. 9.2 inches of snow fell back in 1961.❄

This year my New Year Resolution is to stay the course 🚢and continue to build a better life for myself. I want to keep saving money towards buying land and an off grid cabin. I might stay in New York for another decade but when the time comes, I want to be prepared. I’ll have to see if Big Red needs repairs and decide on my future of motoring 🏁 or if I should try a life with more biking and local adventures. Sure these winter camping adventures are kind of fun but motoring is so expensive and bad for both the environment and ones health. I probably also drink and eat too much unhealthy food while camping although this time ⌚ I intentionally limited my drinking by packing less beer 🍻 being that I’m out in the real wilderness in the cold. That and I drunk most of it earlier in the week. ⛺ That said, this coming year I plan to spend many nights in the woods and maybe even so a bit more wilderness camping.

In four weeks on January 28 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (246°) at 5:04 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 28 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had sunny weather and but rather cold temperatures between 22 and 8 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 15 degrees. The record high of 56 degrees was set back in 1916.

Looking ahead, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 2 weeks, Martin Luther King Day 🖤 is in 3 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 6 weeks, National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 7 weeks, St. Patrick’s Day 🍀 is in 11 weeks, 7:30 PM Sunset 🌇 is in 14 weeks, Cinco de Mayo 🤠 is in 18 weeks, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 25 weeks, Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 44 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 44 weeks.

December 29, 2019 Night

Good evening! Rain and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a east breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Back home on this rainy evening. It would have been fairly miserable camping tonight and it looks like we are stuck in this rainy pattern for a while, then it will get cold. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Wednesday around noontime. ☃️

I got home and unpacked. 💼 Not too difficult as my gear didn’t get that muddy and I only had one day worth of food and clothing packed. Moreover I’ve been leaving more and more of my camping gear in the truck year round and I have seperate cooking utensils now for at home versus at camp. 🍴 I had fish for dinner 🐠 and started looking at storing the dash cam photos and videos 📹 I got. Tomorrow I’ll walk down to the library and upload them if it’s not raining too hard. It’s kind of nice that I don’t have to work tomorrow.

Tonight will rain before 1am, then rain or freezing rain. 🌧 Low of 33 degrees at 10pm. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 12th. East wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Probably just rain here. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 23 degrees. The record low of -21 occurred back in 1933.

Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent Moon 🌙 with 22% illuminated. The moon will rise at 10:33 am. The is on Wednesday night with partly cloudy skies. The sun will rise at 7:24 am with the first light at 6:52 am, which is 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 33 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain or freezing rain before noon, then rain between noon and 4pm, then rain and sleet after 4pm. High of 34 degrees at 12pm. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 22nd. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 33 degrees. The record high of 53 was set in 1984. 10.9 inches of snow fell back in 2000.❄

I have tomorrow off because the original plan had me out camping. ⛺ It will be a bit of a staycation I guess. Tuesday if there is still snow left in the hilltowns I’m thinking to a local state forest to back country camp in a hot tent for New Years Eve 🎇 but the key 🔑 is I need snow on the ground and roads not too icy for that to happen. No guarantees at this point.

I do want to do more winter camping for sure. Ideally I’d prefer to stay somewhere I can drive my truck to so I have electric 💡 and gear nearby but that’s not a show stopper for me. I’m really interested to find out if Moscow Hill campground is plowed, as that would be perfect even if it’s just far enough to get off the road. That said, I bet there are a lot of snowmobiles that assemble in that area going brap brap all winter long but even so I bet it thins out at night. 📞 I’ll have to call the DEC office in Sherburne and find out. Also if the snow isn’t deep I should be able to get there as the ground is really solid there due to the reinforcement for the horse trailers and hooves during the summer 🐴.

I don’t know but I was just taken in by the beauty of Southern Madison County and Northern Otsego County. 🐮 Yeah things did kind of smell earthy and like cow poop 💩 but that’s country living. The browns and the grays were pretty, they stirred something in my soul. I think it’s so fortunate to those who are able to chip a life out of the rural country, if by agriculture and one of many other jobs, some small, some decent paying but all tough with limited opportunity compared to the big cities.

Between the forested, snow covered hills full of wildlife and the rich farmlands below its such beautiful country. ⛲ So many quaint old farm houses and run down trailers, homesteaders with a family pig 🐽 or cow to muddy farms with old fashioned tie stall barns 🐮, milking twice a day with surge milkers and fifty year old open cab tractors with box spreaders. Weeds growing up around broken and forgotten farm equipment, piles of manure rotting away to be spread someday in the future. Trees to be split and someday warm the farm house. Four wheelers for fun and getting around the farm, a goat 🐐 tied to a tree, piles of junk to be scrapped some day or burnt to a crisp in a bonfire. 🔥 Rural scenes like this exist across the nation but I live in the city and make my money 💵 doing the urban thing now saving for a better tomorrow when I can own land in a freer state and have an off grid property, hopefully in an area as beautiful and wonderful as Southern Madison County.

I’d someday love 😍 to live in a place like that but not in an oppressively liberal state like New York which doesn’t really understand rural communities. After all two out of three New Yorkers live in the metropolitan region 🚇 – that is Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester, New York City and Long Island. Might soon be 70 percent of New Yorkers. Pennsylvania is nice but it kind of suffers from the same problem – and its also an incredibly expensive state to live in especially with the recent gas tax hikes ⛽. City life may be getting better, as may regulations for fair commerce with business but its also an incredibly hard to make it in the small towns. I don’t think Trump is the answer but neither is his counterpart closer to home who exists 180 degrees out of phase but in many ways is similar.

2020 is going to be a big year for all of us 🎇 but my hope is it will be another step forward towards a better life. I’ll work hard and try to advance my career and help my company grow and move forward. What’s good for them is ultimately good for myself. 💼 I know working in the windowless basement office 🏢, paying my dues, someday will pay off with more career advancement, more money to save 💵 towards that off grid property out in the country.

Climate change will probably really kick in during the next decade, and it’s going to be a wild ride for mankind. I don’t think whatever comes out of the next election in the coming year will change that but it will bite us in the next decade and prove that we are doing much too little too late. 🌎 People use per capita stats to blame the guy with the rusty pickup and burping cows in the tie stall barn in Madison County but if you don’t look at the big cities for the root of the problem your just playing games with statistics. 🔢But my focus is enjoying life and saving for a better future and not saving the world.

In four weeks on January 26 the sun will be setting at 5:00 pm,🌄 which is 30 minutes and 26 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 28 and 14 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 31 and 14 degrees. The record high of 59 degrees was set back in 1950.

Looking ahead, National Bird Day 🐧 is in 1 weeks, 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 is in 4 weeks, 37th Birthday 🎉 is a month away, Ground Hog Day 🐻 is in 5 weeks, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 6 weeks, March 🌨 is in 9 weeks, Daylight Savings Time 🌆 is in 10 weeks, Ides of March ✝ is in 11 weeks, Palm Sunday 🌴 is in 14 weeks, Easter 🐰 is in 15 weeks, Mothers Day 👩‍ is in 19 weeks, Pack Rat Day 🐀 is in 20 weeks, Strawberry Moon 🌕 is in 23 weeks and Fathers Day 👨 is in 24 weeks.

December 28, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Today 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆. It’s going to be a while before the 8:30 sunset returns but slowly but surely creeping towards black fly season. In the mean time, Three weeks to Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯. I’ve always been quite partial to honey. Bee 🐝 keeping is a big hobby for a lot of people. Good for the flowers 🌸 and orchards too. 🍎And a good source of year around sugars in much of the country. Drizzle and cloudy and 36 degrees in Delmar, NY. 💧 There is a northwest breeze at 13 mph. 🍃.

Right now it’s kind of a dark and gray morning. ☁ A few rain drops here and there. Supposed to clear out later but I’m still a bit hesitant to rush out. I get tired of these gray and cold days in the woods. I decided last night to pull the plug 🔌 on the Finger Lakes trip though I think I will camp out in Madison County today and visit Glimmerglass State Park. Supposed to clear out later and be a nice mild night and it looks like it’s snow free out that way from both the radar and webcams in Hamilton. Last night I was thinking about going to the Adirondacks but I don’t really feel like camping in the snow ❄ again. Plus while they don’t have a ton of snow up north, they had a fair amount of snow a few weeks ago which can mean snow banks hardened to ice. It’s going to be warm enough that I don’t think I’ll have to pitch a tent 🎪.

This mornings weather is kind of a bummer 😐 but it promises to change. I’m kind of slow rolling 🍥 getting out of town to see what really happens because if it’s going to be gray today and tomorrow, I might as well not waste the $50 in gas. ⛽ It’s warm enough for sure but gray and windy. I do like the rural landscape, small towns and farms along US 20 🚜 but I’ve driven that road too much in the fog 🌁 and rain.

I am fully packed except for my gun and personal care supplies 🪒. I am just waiting on the sun but not for much longer. Hopefully it will come out soon and make for a nice drive. I don’t want to get out there too late lest the road is closed and I have to camp ⛺ somewhere else. It should be good though – I will get to test out my gas lantern 🏮 tonight to see if I have properly restored it after cleaning and see how the LED lantern works before I’m hot tenting later in the winter.

Today will be mostly sunny later 🌞, with a high of 44 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 26th. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1982. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

The sun will set at 4:30 pm with dusk around 5:01 pm, which is 42 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly sunny skies 🌃 and temperatures around 43 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 25 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 26 degrees at 6am. Nine degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 4th. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. In 2018, we had cloudy 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 -18 occurred back in 1933.

I checked the oil in the truck 🚚 and it was good. Maybe that’s because it’s on a bit of a slope from the ice on the driveway but at any rate it’s not real low. I haven’t driven that many miles since my November oil change. The accessory battery bank 🔋 is lower than I would hope but the alternator will charge that up. This morning I changed the starting battery disconnect voltage to 13.2 volts up from 13.0 volts so hopefully this will keep the accessory battery bank healthier even if it means I’m dumping slightly less excess charge into the starting battery. The relay is engaged at 14.2 volts on the solar panel, which I increased on Christmas Eve 🎄

Lyme disease seems to be bothering me again. 😟 I had a bad headache this morning and I’m a bit sore in my knee and elsewhere. 💪I’ve heard that it’s not uncommon for Lyme symptoms to stick around for a while after the antibiotics although for a while I was feeling good but kind of slipped downhill after the doxcycline ran out. I used to think it was only girly people got chronic Lyme 👧, but people I know who complain about Lyme haul feed sacks all day, shovel manure and get pushed around by cows 🐮 all day long and then own more guns than I do 🔫 and aare hardly weak. I might go back to the doctor on Monday or Tuesday 😷 but I really hate to go unless I’m truly sick and not just a headache. And maybe I’m just getting another cold.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯 when the sun will be setting at 4:50 pm with dusk at 5:21 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 35 and 21 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 30 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1973.

December 27, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Already, it’s Friday! Next Friday is Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️. Cloudy and 41 degrees at the Elm Ave Park & Ride – CDTA. ☁ There is a south breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 8 pm. ☃️

Getting ready for my road trip. ⛺ I have my packing list ready to and tonight I’ll go to the grocery store and get the needed supplies. I want to get another power cord 🔌, I’m hoping they’ll have one on sale. Got to check the oil in the truck, I’ve renewed my library books 📚 but I might want to get a few more. I have mantles ready for the lantern 🏮, I have growing confidence it will work besides deciding against testing it at home. I’ll make sure my Bluetooth speaker 🔊 and charge packs are fully charged. It should be a good trip even if things are bit wet and muddy Sunday into Monday – I’ll bring my muck boots and insulated hunting boots 👢. I am also bringing my muskrat trapping gear and will set up some sets on some of farm ponds at the national forest. 🐀

Today will have scattered showers, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 50 degrees at 2pm. 18 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 11th. I didn’t bring a rain coat ☔ but I’m not anticipating rain this afternoon and its not raining now. South wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 35 degrees. The record high of 60 was set in 1895. 15 inches of snow fell back in 1894.❄

The sun will set at 4:28 pm with dusk around 5:00 pm, which is 40 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 49 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 22 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 34 degrees at 6am. 17 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 8th. South wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the evening. In 2018, we had cloudy skies. It got down to 35 degrees. The record low of -14 occurred back in 1951.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny ☁, with a high of 44 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 26th. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 50 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1982. 7 inches of snow fell back in 1967.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. ☀ Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. I think it will be a bit wetter and warmer on Sunday in the Finger Lakes but in exchange it will clear out earlier there on Monday. Typical average high for the weekend is 32 degrees.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, ⛺ I’m just glad to be getting away for a few days this weekend into next week. The Adirondacks are nice but ultimately they’re more of a weekend trip than anything else – I go up there a lot and the Finger Lakes are a much larger trip. 🚙 I am almost certain now my route of choice at least on the way there is going to US 20 to Nelson then cut through Erieville and Sheds to NY 13 over to Cortland and down to Ithaca. I haven’t been over that way in years and it would be nice to see the farms, small towns and rural landscape. 🚜

As previously noted, next Friday is Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ when the sun will be setting at 4:34 pm with dusk at 5:05 pm. On that day in 2019, we had snow showers, mostly cloudy, mild and temperatures between 43 and 32 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 61 back in 1913.

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