Good morning! Happy Thursday. Next Thursday is Last Dusk After 7 PM 🌆. Mostly cloudy and 57 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 51 degrees. BJ Thomas’ Raindrops Keeps Falling on My Head is playing on the radio. 📻 I brought my rain coat, but think that I might need it later. 💦 Ironically, downstate is going to beautiful today while the Adirondacks will get soaked.

A week from now I’ll be almost ready for my West Virginia trip. ⏰ I want to leave before dawn on that Saturday morning so it’s early enough that I can get breakfast 🍳 in Pennsylvania and have the morning to explore the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania. The second day I’ll drive up Hyner View before driving down to West Virginia via US 220 and Interstate 99. I also have most of the rest of the week planned out. ⛺ A

Today will have a chance of showers before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly cloudy ☁, with a high of 71 degrees at 12pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 20th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 2pm. South wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 2017.

The sun will set at 6:46 pm with dusk around 7:14 pm, which is one minute and 46 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 57 degrees. There will be a west breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 59 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 47 degrees at 6am. Typical for tonight. West wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 50 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. Maximum dew point of 64 at 7pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Maximum dew point of 58 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 67 degrees.

Tonight I’m heading to the Guilderland library to do some Pine Bush research 🌲so John Wolcott will have to take a rain check ☑. I emailed him about maybe Friday or Saturday. I’d probably do a hike out only part of the day Saturday to Five Rivers Environmental Education Center 🐸.

As previously noted, next Thursday is Last Dusk After 7 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:34 pm with dusk at 7:02 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny skies, patches of fog and temperatures between 65 and 50 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 83 back in 1967.

Good morning! Today is the first 6:30 Sunrise 🌇. Three weeks to Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆. Days are getting noticeably shorter. Light drizzle and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ There is a north breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 55 degrees. The skies will clear around 7 pm.

I was going to take the express to work 🚍 but I was running a little late late, so I am taking the local in. I have a stack of books 📚 to return to the library today so maybe it was best not to walk down to the express. 🚶

I actually walked down to the library 📙 last night but forgot to bring the books to the library. That’s fine, I’ll just drop them off at the Albany library downtown. I also went for my evening walk last night before retiring into bed fairly early after seeing that my credit payment cleared for August. Seemed high but included vacation expenses. 💵 November will also be a big month for credit card expenses after my October road trip. I guess food and fuel ⛽ isn’t that much of strain on the budget but everything is always so tight for me.

Today will have scattered showers. Cloudy 🌦, with a high of 63 degrees at 8am. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 7th. It seems like we have lot of cloudy and damp days in October. 🍁Maximum dew point of 56 at 11am. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light drizzle in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 74 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1947.

The sun will set at 7:11 pm with dusk around 7:39 pm, which is one minute and 47 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for possible rain showers 🌧 and temperatures around 57 degrees. The dew point will be 51 degrees. There will be a north-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 12 hours and 39 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

I’m heading over to John Wolcott house after work 📂 so I left the light on at home so I can see to unlock the door when I get home with the earlier sunset. The LED bulb 💡 is on a light sensor but it may be dark enough today it will probably be on most of the day.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear ☁, with a low of 49 degrees at 4am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 22nd. North wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had light rain in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was sticky. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1964.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. 😕 Saturday, a chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Sunday, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Maximum dew point of 59 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 73 degrees.

They were talking about how all the leading candidates for president are of the geriatric set, today on the radio 📻. You would think that they would be able to recruit somebody who isn’t a million years old 👴 and should be enjoying their final years on the beach somewhere. I know if I was that age I’d be doing something useful with my life rather than working in some stuffy office building 🏢 downtown.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Last Sunset After 7 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:34 pm with dusk at 7:02 pm. On that day in 2018, we had partly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 65 and 50 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 83 back in 1967.

Good evening! Partly clear and 59 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 51 degrees.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 52 degrees at 4am. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 14th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 10pm. West wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 52 degrees. The record low of 34 occurred back in 1978.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous Moon 🌔 with 78% illuminated with the moon setting at 12:58 am. The moon will set at 1:00 am. The 🌕 is on Friday night with a chance of t-storms then chance of showers. The sun will rise at 6:27 am with the first light at 5:58 am, which is one minute and 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 11 hours and 9 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 71 degrees at 3pm. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 9am. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 64 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 2015.

I went grocery shopping, ending up at Walmart. 🍜 I bought lots of groceries but forgot frozen corn 🌽. I really should just get fresh sweet corn and maybe something like tomatoes 🍅. That would be a good treat. Sure not as easy as opening a bag but more flavorable. I was hungry and my freezer was bare but I should be good for a while. I also gased up Big Red ⛽ so his tank is good and full.

I think tomorrow I will get a fairly early start and hike the Harding Road Trail 🚶 above Palenville and the Kaaterskill Clove. Probably start from White Road Equestrian lot just because it’s a bigger parking 🅿 area for my big truck and then hike up along the escarpment. Some good elevation gain and hopefully some nice views and less popular than other trails. 📷

In four weeks on October 5 the sun will be setting at 6:29 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 31 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 61 and 46 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 64 and 43 degrees. The record high of 91 degrees was set back in 1941.

Looking ahead, Average High 70 🎑 is in 2 weeks, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 6 weeks, Small Business Saturday 🛍️ is in 12 weeks, First Day of Winter ☃️ is in 15 weeks, 4:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 16 weeks, Winnie the Pooh Day 🍯 is in 19 weeks and 5 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 20 weeks.

Good morning! Happy Labor Day 👨‍🏭! Kind of a rainy, wet Labor Day although things seem to be improving. I made some coffee up ☕ and are finishing taking down my campsite. I took down the flags last night and my truck cap stayed pretty dry last night despite the intense rain we had for a while. 💦 This campsite is well drained so the rain wasn’t really an issue.

This Labor Day morning is cloudy, damp and 57 degrees at the Perkins Clearing Easement. ☁ There is a south breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 57 degrees. Not going to be a real nice day but it looks like the rain has let up and the skies will clear around 7 pm.

Labor Day will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. 🌦 High of 64 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 2nd. Maximum dew point of 61 at 2pm. 🏖️ South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of Perkins Clearingprecipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 100 was set in 1953.

The sun will set at 7:31 pm with dusk around 8:00 pm, which is one minute and 45 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 58 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 7 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 52 degrees at 4am. Four degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 14th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 6pm. West wind 5 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was very sticky. It got down to 73 degrees. The record low of 39 occurred back in 1976.

So Labor Day Weekend has come and gone. Well at least the camping ⛺ part of it once I finish taking down camp. I am in no rush at any rate. I might go for a walk 🚶 at the Speculator River Walk before heading home 🏡 but then I’ll be home. Four weeks from now I’ll be West Virginia, 👍as I’m doing my road trip a week earlier this year as usually the colors are done by Columbus Day Weekend in the high country and because I’m house sitting as my parents house the following week. 🐶

The camp stove continues to work well with both burners ♨ and I’ll replace the broken chair 🚮before the next time I camp. 💺Need to get propane, especially now that I know they don’t sell it at Tractor Supply 🚜 in Amsterdam. That said, there were plenty of other places that sold propane, but I skipped it and I made out okay, although I’ll need it for the next trip.

I could have gotten propane at Frank’s Gun Store on the way up here but I’d probably end up buying yet another gun 🔫 and honestly I need to save some money as my car insurance is due at the end of the month. 💵 I thought about switching insurers but I’ll probably just drop off my insurance reduction certificate from the class to State Farm. I like the coverage and rates of Progressive but it’s a pain figuring out all the details of the switch. 🔎 The difference in price for equivalent plans isn’t that great.

Probably cheaper to get propane at Tractor Supply, it’s a loss leader for them to sell more cowboy hats 🎩 and in my case more Carhart shit that I just got to have. But self restraint is possible in hopes of a better life tomorrow in a freer state. ✅ Gotta have the AR-15 to ventilate that garbage burning barrel, when you live out in the sticks in a red state. How else are you going to have fun putting holes in your barrel?🛢🔫

Changing topics, I need to get a better shovel. It’s hard digging through the roots to bury the poop at the end of the camping trip. 💩 A troel works but it’s hard work. While the bucket shitter means I’m only digging one hole, I like digging a deep hole because I hate finding toilet paper flowers in the woods. I guess I should separate out the toilet paper and burn it but as long as it’s buried deep enough with the bacteria from the poop it should rot away quickly. I bet the local hardware store would sell a small spade ♤ for such purposes.

Cool next weekend with temperatures running 15 degrees below normal but otherwise sunny. 😃 Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Maximum dew point of 49 at 12pm. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 59. Typical average high for the weekend is 76 degrees. Probably won’t be so cool back in Albany but hardly swimming weather at any rate. I might hunt next weekend 🐀 at a local state forest 🌲 but I doubt I’ll head out of town for a few more weeks. I like traveling but becomes a lot of work after a while and there is a lot of things I could be doing closer to home. 🐢

Plus all that beer drinking 🍻 around the campfire 🔥 probably ain’t that healthy for me or my finances. I returned 107 beer cans from camp to Shoprite the other day. ♻ It’s all from camping because I don’t drink at home. I don’t always eat the healthiest crap up at camp and maybe have a smoke from time to time. 🍴 Camping is fun but maybe too much fun at times.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Columbus Day 🛥️ when the sun will be setting at 6:27 pm with dusk at 6:56 pm. On that day in 2018, we had cloudy, mist and temperatures between 72 and 52 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 63 degrees. We hit a record high of 89 back in 1963.