Good morning! Absolutely beautiful Friday morning with the leaves turning and deep blue skies. Off in a little bit to head to Dolly Sods for a nice hike. 🚶 Three weeks to November 🥧. Mostly sunny and 47 degrees at the Monongahela National Forest. There is a east-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃.

I checked ☑ and the fire ban is over ⛔ for the Monongahela National Forest. I am going to have to rearrange camp tonight and gather firewood so I can have a nice fire tonight. I won’t have to worry about moldy cans or accumulating to much garbage, attracting wildlife too which is another benefit of having a fire. 🚮🔥It surprisingly wet 💦 up here, there is water running through the roadside ditches and the ground is damp. A bit of a breeze but I’ll fill my water container so I can drown the fire before bed. They must have repealed it before the holiday weekend, or maybe earlier in the week and the website wasn’t updated. Regardless, Pennsylvania was nice. 👍😁

Today will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 2pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 4th. Maximum dew point of 48 at 10am. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the morning. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1949. There was a dusting of snow in 1987.❄

The sun will set at 6:45 pm with dusk around 7:12 pm, which is one minute and 31 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 59 degrees. The dew point will be 47 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Tomorrow will have 11 hours and 19 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 29 seconds over today.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 51 degrees at 11pm. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 6pm. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the evening. In 2018, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 22 occurred back in 1964.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly between 9am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 57 degrees at 11am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 22nd. Maximum dew point of 53 at 11am. West wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Not going to be a real great day but if it’s cold and wet I’ll hang out in the tent for a while in the morning and then in the afternoon explore Blackwater State Park and maybe Cannan Valley Refuge, although the later would be better to do early Sunday. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 61 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1954. There was a dusting of snow in 1904.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, mostly sunny ☀ , with a high near 58. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Typical average high for the weekend is 61 degrees. Going to be a beautiful day for driving back up through Pennsylvania and visiting Mount Pisgah State Park. Should be great colors there too. 🍁Overnight at County Bridge Pennsylvania and leave before dawn Columbus Day for home 🏡 in Albany.

Already starting to think about November and December trips. I’m not sure if I can get another full week off before the end of the year but I’ll probably take some long weekends off to head to the Adirondacks, hike and hunt. 🔫 I’m also thinking about a trip out to the Finger Lakes National Forest to hot tent again in December – depends on the weather but it was a lot of fun camping for that week in the snow ⛄.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until November 🥧 when the sun will be setting at 6:17 pm with dusk at 6:45 pm. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, mostly cloudy and temperatures between 59 and 48 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 54 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1950.

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Four weeks to Election Day 2019 🗳️. The fog has burned off and it’s now sunny ☀ and 52 degrees at the Allegheny National Forest. There is a east-northeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. Surprisingly damp this morning in the woods, it was a really foggy morning at first. 🌁 I slept in, looking forward to seeing the sun.

Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 4pm. Big smile. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had light drizzle in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 63 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 2017.

Today I am going to park at Kinzua Beach, walk down to the Reservoir, 🚶 and maybe cross the Cornplanter Bridge 🌉 on foot and then hike up the trail to Rimrock. The parking lot 🅿 should have a lot of sun for charging the accessories battery. 🔋I don’t feel really ambitious today as I’m on vacation and I see no reason to rush anywhere. 😀 Time goes by so quickly as it is, why rush it? ⏳

The sun will set at 6:46 pm with dusk around 7:14 pm, which is one minute and 40 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 55 degrees. There will be a east-northeast breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 26 minutes of daytime, an decrease of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 40 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 13th. East wind around 6 mph. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 2001.

Ever since buying the axe 🌲I’ve gotten quite efficient at processing firewood, which is good especially on these long nights – although I’ve often kept the fires small as it’s been fairly mild and why waste wood you don’t have to waste?

Everything is kind of wet and soaked at camp today 💦so I’m going to wait until tomorrow to break camp but I think this evening I will probably take down the tent and tarp once things dry out. I’m leaning towards camping in the southern part of the National Forest for the second half of the week and doing the elk route and Hyner View on Sunday. Although I wish there was more color but I like the quiet of the National Forest 🌲and not having to rush to take down and set back camp every day.

That an I kind of like the Pennsylvania countryside, 🐮 especially seeing the farms and homesteads with burning trash and debris out back because I’m a pyro. 🔥 I’ll be totally open on that. Plus I like seeing the farm operations 🚜 and the cabins in the woods 🌲and scenic vistas. 📷

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until Election Day 2019 🗳️ when the sun will be setting at 5:06 pm with dusk at 5:35 pm (Standard Time). I plan to early vote before then ❎ but I might also volunteer on some local campaigns. On that day in 2018, we had rain showers, partly sunny and temperatures between 48 and 31 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 52 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1994.

Good evening! Rain and 61 degrees at the Allegheny National Forest. ☔ There is a southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 59 degrees. Despite the rain, it’s a fairly mild evening. It looks like West Virginia is getting hit by a lot of rain tonight – even more than here and thats a good thing – they need it badly. The skies will clear Tuesday around 1 am.

Today I mostly stayed around camp ⛺, reading a book about agriculture in America. 📖 I don’t remember the name of the book and I’m not interested in going out in the rain to look at it. Read it cover to cover, it was an interesting book.

Later in the evening I went for a walk 🚶 along the Elijah Bike Trail up to Coal Knob. While the Coal Knob tower 🗼 is long gone it is pretty with the Pitch Pine on the summit. It turned out to be a five plus mile walk, through a variety of forests.

Rain held off for the most part until 8:30 💦 and I laid back in the hammock for a while before having to take it down for the rain. A mild evening, I am now sitting tarp although I let the fire go down 🔥 to save wood for tomorrow and because I don’t know how much longer I’ll stay up. I might start up the truck a bit to top off the batteries before bed. 😴

Tonight will rain. Patchy fog after 4am. 🌧 Low of 53 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 23rd. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. In 2018, we had cloudy skies. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 27 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 72% illuminated with the moon setting at 12:39 am. The moon will set at 1:00 am. The 🌕 is on Saturday night with mostly clear skies. The sun will rise at 7:18 am with the first light at 6:50 am, which is one minute and 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 12 hours and 29 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 46 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 10am. 🌧 High of 56 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 22nd. Maximum dew point of 51 at 6am. 🏖️ Calm wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1963.

If it’s too cold and wet in the morning, I’ll head into the tent next to the heater with a book and hang out there maybe with a cup of coffee. ☕

In four weeks on November 3 the sun will be setting at 5:08 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 41 minutes and 35 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 57 and 41 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 35 degrees. The record high of 75 degrees was set back in 1990.

Looking ahead, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 1 week, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥️ is in 4 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is a month away, Average High is 50 🍂 is in 5 weeks, December 🎄 is in 8 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 2 months, Bill of Rights Day 📜 is in 10 weeks, Days are Getting Longer ☀️ is in 11 weeks, National Pie Day 🍰 is in 15 weeks, and the 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 returns in 16 weeks.