Good evening! Clouds and 65 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a south breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees. It was pouring out earlier in the evening but now it has stopped.

I decided to stay home tonight with the poor weather. 🚲 I rode the excerise bike for a while and I worked on building the cable for the outside temperature proper for my display in the bedroom. I also soldered some pins on a level shifter to use for another project I’m working on. If I had known how bad the weather was I would have brought my laptop home.

Tonight will have showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 6am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 19th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 10pm. South wind around 6 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 61 degrees. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1961.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 with 6% illuminated. The moon will rise at 4:00 am. The New Moon is on Sunday night with a chance of showers. The Strawberry Moon 🌝 is on Sunday, June 16th. The sun will rise at 5:20 am with the first light at 4:46 am, which is 33 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 8 hours and 55 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 19 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 4pm. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 29th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 6am. Northwest wind around 8 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2013.

It looks like the Saturday, June 1st is the best day for the weekend. ☀ Saturday, a slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Maximum dew point of 57 at 5pm. Sunday, a chance of showers before 8am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 60 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 74 degrees.

I have the wire and connectors and fuse for the additional battery 🔋 for my truck. Now just to put together the cables and get the battery and the battery case. I’ll get it together on Saturday.

In four weeks on June 27 the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm,🌄 which is 12 minutes and 10 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 73 and 63 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 81 and 60 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1941.

Looking ahead, Summer ️⛱️ is in 3 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 5 weeks, August 🌻 is in 9 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 is in 3 months and Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆 is in 18 weeks.

Good morning! What day is it? The real question is whether or not Ford and GM would have a hump in their trucks should they merge. 🚚 There is pros and cons to the approaches of both companies. Next Wednesday is 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️. By then it’s Dairy and Pride month where we drink milk 🐮 and celebrate the Freemartins of the world. Cloudy and 52 degrees in Bethlehem, NY. ☁ There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 50 degrees. The skies will clear tomorrow around 10 am.

Feeling quite a bit better this morning. 🏥 May all I did was just get stiff and sore over hiking this weekend. I don’t know. Or maybe it was a cold or something. But at any rate, I am not the least bit stiff or sore today. But the weather still sucks outside, just kind of gray and cloudy as so many days lately seem to be.

It looks like I left my lunch at home, but I have a can of soup at work 🍛I can heat up at lunch. Next week is dairy day at the Capitol so at least in a week I can have ice cream 🍦for lunch. Dairy day is not a holiday celebrated by the Freemartins of the world. But dairy products are the best, even if you aren’t fertile.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 69 degrees at 5pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 15th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 2pm. North wind around 6 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1931.

I didn’t get a chance to pick up my dry cleaning 👔as I need to get money at the ATM 🏧. I don’t like having a lot of cash burning a hole in my pocket. I probably will just get my jacket tomorrow and take the express in. The old jacket I found in the closet is tired and old but I have a good one in the office. 🏢 I don’t have to look pretty on the bus.

I really should think about scheduling an oil change for Big Red. 🛢 I think I can do that online. I am thinking June 10th is the best option for me to do that with work. I am below 20% oil life left — I did my last oil change in September. Having the shop do it is much less of a hassle of me having to get the oil myself, then having to to take the used oil back — or in some cases burning it — which turned out to be pretty nasty smelling, even if that synthetic oil really flashes well on the fire up in the woods. 🔥 LOL.

The sun will set at 8:24 pm with dusk around 8:58 pm, which is 51 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 66 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 5 mph. Today will have 15 hours and 3 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 26 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy 🌧, with a low of 54 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 7pm. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 60 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1967.

Now if we would finally have nice weather, and I had some more free-time, I would be able to go down to the park with a book after work. 📖 Friday evening, which actually might be nice, I am going to walk over to John Wolcott’s house, to help him with his history project, so I won’t be able to go to park then. This weekend I plan to stay in town, so maybe Saturday night I’ll go to the park — I’ll need to get some more books out of the library. Hoping to get the truck cleaned out, and the battery hooked up and charging via the panel.🔋 I probably will not use the alternator to provide camp power much anymore this summer, and should be good for multiple days camping even in the shade or cloudy weather without starting up the truck. Plus I have to deal with that hammock — if LL Bean doesn’t replace it, I might look at buying another one, as I sure like laying back when I’m in the woods at camp.

As previously noted, next Wednesday is 8:30 PM Sunset ️⛱️ when the sun will be setting at 8:29 pm with dusk at 9:04 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny skies, but generally cool with rain showers in eening and temperatures between 64 and 48 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 75 degrees. We hit a record high of 97 back in 1925.

I am looking forward to my next trip, probably in two or three weeks, up to the Adirondacks. 🏕 Heck in four weekends, the Mine Kill Pool will re-open, and I could consider going out to Schoharie County, doing some hiking and fishing, then hop in the pool for a good swim, before spending at night up in Burnt Rossman. Looking forward to those times not that far away.🏊

I ended up rescheduling my dentist appointment for July 31st, as that’s the first day that would work for me with work.😺 June is a busy month. I guess that’s fine, but if I want to take a week off for vacation this summer, I’ll have to take off a week earlier then that later week I usually take. The days are longer earlier in July, and there is no reason I have to take it the last week off in July into August. I am thinking of taking off the week October 19 – 27th to go down to West Virigina, one week later then last as my parents are out of town the previous week, and usually the leaves have only started to turn down south at that point. This year, if I go to West Virigina, I probably won’t spend time on Blue Ridge Parkway but will instead check out of more WV.

Good evening! Partly clear and 62 degrees in Dormansville, NY. There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 49 degrees. Sleeping in the truck once again tonight at my parents house. 😴 Enjoy this beautiful evening while it lasts, we might be in for a period of unstable weather once again for the week.☁ Clouds and rain tomorrow, once again.

It was a pretty decent weekend up in the Green Mountains, bar my hammock ripping into two, the black flies, and forgetting to pack extra socks. 🧦 I was sure I had the socks with me, and I started to paw through my pack on Thursday night, and I just assumed they were burred in my pack. Frustrating through. I’ve started to use a packing list before camping, but i didn’t have a printed copy of the list to check off when I started packing on Wednesday night, as Thursday was busy with the Pine Bush event.✍ So be it. The black flies weren’t truly bad until it got really sunny and nice this morning, but I had a nice drive down Forest Road 71 on this sunny morning, and I got home relatively early to unpack.💼

Hiking the Stratton Mountain, Stratton Pond loop sure was exhausting but well worth it in my opinion.🚶 It got my goal of doing something new and different at camp and the change was special even if the 12 or 13 mile walk caused by me missing Winhall River trail made it exhausting. I got to see some new and different trails,⛰ the other side of Stratton Pond and even the summit of Stratton was enjoyable as it’s the first time I’ve hiked it in six years. Been kind of achy and sore all day today, but I’m sure in a few day I’ll be feeling better or I should go to the doctor prior to June 1st when the Health Insurance deductibles go up. 😷 We need universal healthcare, ain’t that obvious.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 49 degrees at 5am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 23rd. North wind 5 to 8 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 1994.

Tonight will have a Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 with 27% illuminated. The moon will rise at 2:44 am. The New Moon is on Sunday night with scattered showers. The Strawberry Moon 🌝 is on Sunday, June 16th. The sun will rise at 5:23 am with the first light at 4:49 am, which is 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 29 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will rain likely before 11am, then periods of rain and possibly a thunderstorm between 11am and 4pm, then occasional showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. 🌦 High of 58 degrees at 12pm. 15 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 15th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 4pm. 🏖️ Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 74 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 2016. There was a dusting of snow in 1902.❄

Tomorrow I should pick up my dry cleaning, 👕 and maybe I should think about trying to get up to LL Bean to see if they will once again exchange my broken hammock. Well, if I paid a premium for the hammock, well with my card rewards, and they have a wonderful lifetime guarantee, they should replace it, because I don’t think I did anything to kill it besides flopping in it after being tired hiking. If they don’t replace it for free (again — the carbinaner snapped on the first one I got), I’ll get another brand, because I really want to do more hammock camping. I also want get the battery box and maybe the marine battery for my second battery I plan to install in the truck, in my cap, giving me extra storage for cloudy days up at camp. Then I should be able to be 100% solar for all my camp electrical needs.

Right now, next weekend looks cool but sunny. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 51 at 6pm. Sunny and low humidity. No complaints there. Sunday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 56 at 1pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 74 degrees. Things could definitely change by then.

I plan to stay in town next weekend, although things could change my mind.🤔 For example, if it looked like it was going to exceptionally hot out, I might consider going up to the Potholers, but not necessarily. Instead, I have a lot of projects I’d like to work on at home, including wiring up and mounting the second accessory battery in the cap of my truck.🔋 I don’t imagine that project will take more then about an hour, but who knows. I might also have some work stuff I have to do next weekend.

But maybe the following weekend I’ll get out of town — I’m hoping by then that Jessup River Road will be open, then I might camp on Hardwood Hill then hike back on Saturday on one of the trails into the West Canada Lake Wilderness back to Pillsbury Lake from Sled Harbor and then on Sunday paddle around Speculator. 🏕 If I camp up there, I’ll have good cellphone service for any work matters that come up. Plus I love the views from the campsite — assuming the road is open for the spring, and that campsite is not taken.

In four weeks on June 24 the sun will be setting at 8:37 pm,🌄 which is 14 minutes and 33 seconds later then tonight. Latest sunset of the year or pretty darn close to it. Almost all of the time — except for 2 minutes — we gain over the next few weeks will be in the evening, as earth wobble brings the transit of the sun closer to 1 PM. In 2018 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 76 and 61 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 80 and 59 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1943.

Amazing to think in four weeks, we will be well into summer, but that’s what happens when Memorial Day Weekend comes to a close. Maybe that weekend I’ll be in Schoharie County, and can camp at Burnt Rossman after spending all day at the Mine Kill State Park pool.🏊🏿

Looking ahead, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 4 weeks, July 🏊🏿 is in 5 weeks, Cow Appreciation Day 🐂 is in 7 weeks, Last Sunset After 8 PM 🌆 is in 11 weeks, Labor Day 👨‍🏭 is in 14 weeks and Columbus Day 🛥️ is in 19 weeks.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃.

A fairly pleasant evening, I went down to the park for a while and read 📖 some more about Tammany Hall and then came home and are laying in bed. I have to teach a nine o’clock class tomorrow so I need to get to bed early. I went to Brewer’s Association night for a bit but headed home early as I wanted to go to the park on this nice evening and knew that I had to up bright and early tomorrow 🍻.

Tonight will be clear 🌃, with a low of 45 degrees at 5am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 10th. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 55 degrees. The record low of 33 occurred back in 2002.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 81% illuminated with the moon rising at 11:11 pm. The moon will set at 8:31 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Saturday night with a partly cloudy then slight chance of showers and mostly cloudy skies. The Strawberry Moon 🌝 is on Sunday, June 16th. I love those little Juneberries you find in the fields. Wild strawberry 🍓 we used to call them. The sun will rise at 5:26 am with the first light at 4:53 am, which is 50 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, a decrease of one minute and 47 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 4pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 23rd. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Another nice spring day. Maybe I’ll be able to get outside for a while tomorrow at lunch. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. The high last year was 63 degrees. Chilly! The record high of 97 was set in 1911.

Tomorrow night I should start packing up for the long weekend and I might do some shopping 👝 as Thursday night I have a Save the Pine Bush event that I am going to attend after work and I want to leave for camp after work on Friday – wherever I end up going. Looks like a nice weekend.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, a chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Maximum dew point of 60 at 6pm. Sunday, a chance of showers before 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 59 at 7am. Typical average high for the weekend is 72 degrees.

I’m still on the fence about Vermont versus the Adirondacks. I like the quiet of Branch Pond Road and I’ve enjoyed it the past two years going up there. ⛺ But I kind of want to do something new this year. If I camp on the East Branch there will be a ton of noisy traffic but I am toying with the idea of hiking back to Simease Pond past Eleventh Mountain or maybe exploring the Oregon Trail or driving up to Thirteenth Lake and hiking back to Hour Pond. I’m not sure where I would hike if I went to Vermont. I don’t want to hike Stratton Mountain or Bourne/Stratton Pond again necessarily. I want to do something new.

That said, I’m thinking of heading to Spectator after Jessup River Road opend come early to mid June so I can camp at the campsite 💭 I stayed at Labor Day Weekend where I have good cell service for work and lots of sun for solar power and a great place to hang my hammock at the campsite with good views to boot – the Hartwick Hill campsite I believe it’s called. Might be scary place to be though during a severe thunderstorm but there ain’t too many widow makers at least up there.

In four weeks on June 18 the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm,🌄 which is 18 minutes and 58 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny and temperatures between 97 and 71 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 79 and 57 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 2018.

Looking ahead, Primary Day 🗳️ is in 5 weeks, Last Sunset After 8:30 PM 🌆 is in 8 weeks, State Fair Opens 🎡 is in 3 months, Constitution Day 📜 is in 17 weeks, Average High 70 🎑 is in 4 months, October 🛥 is in 19 weeks and Election Day 2020 🗳️ is in 76 weeks.