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July 26, 2016 9 AM Update

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Partly  sunny and 73 degrees in Burdett at the Finger Lakes National Forest. There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. The dew point is 61 degrees. A quite pleasant morning with a breeze helping to dry things out. 

Today will be sunny, with a high of 82 degrees at 3pm. One degrees below normal. Northwest wind around 11 mph. Maximum dew point of 61 at 9am. The record high of 96 was set in 1963. The sun will set at 8:32 pm with dusk around 9:05 pm, which is 1 minutes and 1 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 14 hours and 38 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minute over yesterday.

Heading out to Robert Treman State this park. Hopefully both the gorge trail through Enfield Glen and the swimming area will be open today. Some of those Watkins Glen photos I posted yesterday came out quite nice. Hoping also to watch the sunset from the Teeter Pond area, as the sun sets over Seneca Lake tonight. 

Tonight will be mostly clear, with a low of 61 degrees at 5am. One degree below normal. North wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Maximum dew point of 59 at 10pm. The record low of 47 occurred back in 1977.

Listened to the Democratic National Convention until 10:30, falling asleep right before Bernie Sanders spoke. I was hoping to hear his remarks, but it was not to be. I caught up on them this morning with morning edition. 

I saw for the first time the cows over in the pasture near my campsite. For the most part in the heat the cows have been hiding out in the more wooded areas and down by the pond. They were probably listening for Bernie Sanders Speech. 

0.4 inch of rain expected between Thursday 8am and Saturday 7am. Within the next four days, a total of 0.4 inches of rain is expected. After the long drought, thunderstorms bring much needed rain – during my vacation. Despite thunderstorms bringing rain tomorrow, the rest of the week is expected to have low humidity. 

On this day in 2007, Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy. Preventing the spread of bovine TB is probably much more important then some religious tradition. 

And in 1948, U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States. It would be one step in many in protecting the rights of minority races in our country.

There are 3 weeks until Altamont Fair Opens when the sun will be setting at 8:05 pm with dusk at 8:35 pm. As we head into August the days really grow shorter. The average high temperature for the opening day of the fair is 81 degrees, with a record high of 97 in 1936.

April 29, 2016 Evening

Good evening folks. Happy Friday evening to all of those who worked much harder than me. 44 degrees with light drizzle but with no wind feels reasonably warm. You know it’s been a cold week this evening feels warm. That north wind blowing across the pasture onto the campsite just was so cold — even with the tarp blocking the northern breezes.

Ended up going to Watkins Glen and then to Newfield State Forest and ultimately Enfield Glen, to check out that gorge. Also was in Montour Falls, looking for a place to launch my kayak. I had heard that the DEC was planning to designate new campsites in Newfield State Forest near Connecticut Hill WMA, but it doesn’t look like that had happened. My truck sure is muddy from exploring Newfield State Forest.

Part of Watkins Glen is now open, from the lower parking lot to the Grand George / Lovers Lane. The rim trail is open year round. Starting to green up in parts of the gorge. Enfield Glen is also greening up, although the gorge trail there is closed although the lower gorge, the big steps, and trail over looking Lucifer Falls was open. A good amount of water was coming over Lucifer Falls.

I took a number of pictures but I need to go through them and upload them. My laptop battery is dead, but when I head out tomorrow, I’ll charge it off the inverter. Hopefully there will be some good photos.

Spring peepers are enjoying the rain and are singing their songs. I like the rain as its largely eliminated the fire risk. The DEC downgraded the fire risk to low for this part of the state, with the greater humidity and the declining wind.

Despite being relatively close to Ithaca when I was at the Enfield Glen, I decided to back track to Watkins Glen Walmart to get camp supplies including a replacement globe for the lantern. I get there and they are sold out of globes. Which is fine as I have electric lights for camp but the propane lantern doesn’t wind down the accessory battery, requiring the truck to be started. Also forgot to buy dish soap. It also was kind of out of the way. Oh, well.

Tonight the low will be 39 degrees. It looks like the rain is done for the night but it will remain cloudy through Saturday. Continued cool tomorrow with a high around 57. Rain for Sunday.

Depending on how wet things are tomorrow, I’m thinking of taking down my campsite and heading East, maybe to Long Pond, so I’m closer to home on Sunday, and because if I camp on a lake, I’m more likely to finally get out on the lake in the kayak, and spend more time fishing. Although I would like to spend more time in the Finger Lakes.