Good evening! Rain and 74 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a east breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 71 degrees.

Back home from the Green Mountains. 🏡 It was nice to get away and avoid the heat and humidity but I didn’t feel like camping in the rain ☔ and it looked like all Saturday would be rainy. While it would be nice to have the day off from work when I had more time to play around in the mountains Saturday didn’t look very nice so I came home. I really liked that campsite down by the Deerfield River swimming hole 🏊 but it’s not normally easy to get unless you go up there midweek.

I didn’t like how much litter 🚮 and toilet paper flowers I found up there but I tried to clean things up to the best of my ability. I didn’t take home the junk tire or the multiple bags of garbage I found dumped back in the brush but I did burn and pack out cans for recycling from the one bag of litter I found out front. ♻ Campsite is a lot cleaner than when I found it.

The drive back home was uneventful 🚘 started to rain hard as I left but it helped with the very wash board Somerset Road. The rest of the trip was quiet except for getting onto the Molly Stark Highway at rush hour – kind of busy. 🚚 🚙

The Hoosick Valley was a bit pungent of cow manure, 💩 they were spreading it on hay fields before the rain probably so it soaks into the ground good and to keep the slurry tank from overflowing should we get a ton of rain. 🐮

It was odd driving past the state employees overflow parking lot 🅿 and seeing it all barricaded and closed but I’m guessing it’s not needed or used and the shuttles aren’t running 🚍 with most state workers telecommuting during the pandemic.

Tonight will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. 🌧 Low of 71 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 72 at 11pm. 🏖️ East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 71 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1986.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 67% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:54 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:28 am in the east-northeast (58°) and last for 3 minutes and 24 seconds. Sunrise is 45 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:10 am with sun in the east-northeast (65°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 54 minutes of darkness, an increase of one minute and 15 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a high of 88 degrees at 2pm. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 73 at 9am. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It became humid as the day progressed. The high last year was 86 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1936.

In four weeks on August 7 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (293°) at 8:07 pm,🌄 which is 26 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had humid, partly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 84 and 69 degrees. Come August we loose daylight in the evening quickly. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 102 degrees was set back in 1918.

Listening 👂 to the rain, I’m glad I’m home at camping in wet weather isn’t much fun. Just everything gets wet and smokey. I still should plan on taking a summer vacation 🏊 in a few weeks and with remote work not expected to end anytime soon I have plenty of opportunities to head back to the Green Mountains or anywhere else I have cell service and work remotely from there.

Good evening! Mostly clear and 78 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 60 degrees. Still pretty warm in my bedroom tonight but not as muggy as last night.

Kind of an odd forth of July this year 🎇 to spend the evening home. A lot of people lit fireworks though off in town and there was a lot I could see looking out to the mountains this evening. Probably saw more that what I would have seen camping up in Moose River Plains but it gets pretty crazy up there 😜 come the forth of July. I have a bunch of sparklers and fountains but I’m saving then for a future trip and or New Years Eve 2021.

I did some fishing 🎣 at Lawson Lake but didn’t catch anything. Nice down by the lake, sitting on the dock with my feet in the water 💦 . I kind of wish though I had a Vermont fishing license for the week but I have plenty of other things to eat and pass the time.

Had a nice outside barbecue with the folks. 🍔🍟 It was good to see them its been a few weeks. 🐶 I hear they are getting a puppy. Their neighbors were having a big party. As I’ve said before, I’ve always thought their neighbors were a bit too close 🐽 because I’m more of a wilderness person.

I have started to pack gear and will be heading out to Vermont 🚙 for the forseeable future until the heat breaks or I get tired of camping. I can spend up to 14 days camping in the National Forest but I bet I will tire if it before then. ⛺ I am working Ali next week remotely but I expect my evenings to vw free to hit a swimming hole 🏊 or maybe even Grout Pond. Not bringing my kayak this time as I’m going to be busy with work and it’s a pain to take it on and off so I can get solar to keep the battery 🔋 bank full.

With the heat and probably sleeping fairly undressed I woke up to bad jock itch this morning. 🍆 Super itchy hot sticky balls are no fun. I know what your thinking gross. That said athlete’s foot cream, the cheap mega bottle 🍶 at Wally World works good. I think with the heat and humidity, especially when I’m home I need to plan on daily showers and changing my underwear regularly. I think in the morning I’ll stop at Wally World and get another mega container if athletes foot cream 👣and make sure I keep my privates well coated when I camp and wear clean socks to bed. 👟 Fortunately, itchy privates doesn’t make you subject to the Vermont quarantine order. I expect the cream to continue to work well.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. One degree above normal. Maximum dew point of 60 at 11pm. Light west wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1982.

Tonight will have the Full 🌝 , Buck 🦌 Moon. At 11 PM, the moon was in the south-southeast (150°) at an altitude of 18° from the horizon, some 237,007 miles away from where you are looking up from the earth. 🚀 At the state speed limit of 55 mph, you’ll make it there by December 31^st. Buckle up for safety! 💺 . The darkest hour is at 1:01 am, followed by dawn at 4:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:24 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Sunrise is 37 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:07 am with sun in the east-northeast (64°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 47 minutes of darkness, an increase of 53 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 89 degrees at 4pm. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 6pm. West wind 3 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 92 degrees. The record high of 99 was set in 1919. Honestly, I think that will be quite pleasant in Vermont.

In four weeks on August 1 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (295°) at 8:15 pm,🌄 which is 20 minutes and 59 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 85 and 61 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. The record high of 101 degrees was set back in 1933.

Looking ahead,

Good morning! Happy Independence Day! 🎇 Partly cloudy and 67 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ Calm wind. The dew point is 65 degrees. The skies will clear around 8 am.

Going to be another hot summer day. ☀ At least it will be sunny and the humidity is going to be dropping. I want to fix the loose wire in my truck cap and then I’ll head out fishing 🎣 for a bit before heading out to the folks house for dinner. 🍣

Independence Day will have patchy dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 88 degrees at 4pm. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 67 at 9am. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 91 degrees. The record high of 104 was set in 1911.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 70.2° from the due south horizon (-0.6° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:54 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (296°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (303°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:37 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 26 seconds with dusk around 9:10 pm, which is 15 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Full 🌝 Moon in the southeast (129°) at an altitude of 6° from the horizon, 236,789 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:56 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 79 degrees. The dew point will be 63 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 15 hours and 12 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 52 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 61 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 63 at 8pm. Light west wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It was humid. It got down to 69 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1982.

On this day in 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. 51 years later, slavery would be banned in New York State in 1821. 🗽 Starting the day after Independence Day 1967, you would be able to FOIL the Federal Government, after U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into law on July 4, 1966. Then citizens could request information on how much the federal government spent on fireworks the night before.