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June 24, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Latest Sunset 🌆 of the Year ! Partly sunny and 64 degrees at the Horseshoe Lake. ☔ There is a southwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 61 degrees.

After last night’s rain it’s cleared up quite a bit. ☀ This is good because my battery bank is low, and I’ll need to use my laptop for most of the day at work today. But fortunately, no working late today, so

Partly cloudy ⛅ becoming sunny 🌞, with a high of 73 degrees at 2pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 30th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7am. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 85 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1943.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:01 pm with sun having an altitude of 69.2° from the due south horizon. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 8:02 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (297°). 📸 The sunset is in the borthwest (305°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 36 seconds with dusk around 9:22 pm, which is 6 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Crescent 🌒 Moon in the west (274°) at an altitude of 23° from the horizon, 231,209 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 10:11 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 65 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. There will be a west-southwest breeze at 10 mph with gusts up to 22mph. Today will have 15 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 14 seconds over yesterday.

Today I have a paper I’m writing for work 📄 so I’ll be using the laptop all day but I don’t expect I will have to work late so running down the laptop battery 🔋 isn’t a big deal as I’ll have sun to charge it.

I am thinking tonight after work about hiking back to Lows Ledge at 5 pm. 🌇 This should get me back there a little after 7 pm and when there should be good illumination of the land below as it will be a clear and beautiful evening. I will bring multiple flashlights 🔦 but once I’m hiking along the dirt road I doubt I’ll need them.

Tonight will be partly cloudy 🌤, with a low of 53 degrees at 4am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 52 at 11pm. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became rain by the early hours of the morning. It became sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 68 degrees. The record low of 45 occurred back in 1982.

Thursday I plan to take down camp early 🎪 and then maybe go for an early morning paddle, work down by the lake for a while and then at lunch time either drive down to Long Lake for the balance of the day or maybe Tupper Lake. If I do Tupper Lake I’ll get some supplies and set up camp somewhere else through Saturday or if I do Long Lake will do a short evening hike after work and then be home by nine.

Not a particularly nice weekend on tap. 😞 Saturday, showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 74. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Maximum dew point of 61 at 8pm. Sunday, a 40 percent chance of showers after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Maximum dew point of 62 at 8am. Typical average high for the weekend is 81 degrees.

June 18, 2020 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 66 degrees at Mason Lake. 🌃 Calm wind. The dew point is 59 degrees.

Not right on the lake like last time I camped up here but so be it. ⛺ This campsite has decent sunshine and okay cell service so I’m hoping to work all day here tomorrow but it will depend on if I need high speed internet for work and how hot it gets and how much I want to go to Spectulator Beach for a swim. 🏊

Kept camp simple for the night 🌃 as I just wanted to hang out and relax and I wanted to avoid draining the battery bank 🔋 so I have plenty of energy ⚡ for work tomorrow. The truth is the propane lantern 🏮 in the screen tent plus the ordinary 12 volt lamp in the truck cap is plenty.

Gathering wood for the fire 🔥 I think I wandered into a patch of poison ivy. 🌿Not sure if I got any of the urushol on my legs but I washed them down with water 💦 and soap and changed my socks. I also washed my hands. ✋ Hoping I won’t break out later in the weekend. I knew about the poison ivy in the area and I spotted several three leaf plants near the campsite but most of them where black berry. The poison ivy was down the road from camp.

Tonight will have patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy , with a low of 58 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 59 at 11pm. Calm wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1950.

Tired 😴 and it was relatively late by the time I got up here as I worked from home and had a few loose ends so I didn’t get to leave right at five. Plus this area is a bit longer drive than Piseco Powley Road which not only is closed on the south end but lacks the essential cell service I need for work. 📝

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 5% illuminated. Really good for observing 🔭 the stars tonight – quite clear. The Buck 🦌 Moon is on Thursday, July 2. The darkest hour is at 1:00 am, followed by dawn at 4:41 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:17 am in the northeast (56°) and last for 3 minutes and 32 seconds. Sunrise is 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (63°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 34 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 9 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny , with a high of 80 degrees at 3pm. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 22nd. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7am. ☀ Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 79 degrees. The record high of 94 was set in 1995.

So at the meeting today we were told we had to work a half day on Saturday 💻 and to plan on working late Monday and Tuesday. That said, I’ll probably just work from camp. Going to have to change sites on Sunday but I have a plan. If I can’t get the site I want I might head home Sunday night. Otherwise I’ll stay up until Wednesday – and the who knows. I was thinking I could head up north of Tupper Lake or even up to Saint Lawrence County or maybe the places in the Tug Hill where I have good reception 📶. From the meeting this morning it sounds like our physical office 🏢 won’t be reopening anytime soon. I just hope the bus service is back up and running before then. 🚍

Big Red drives nice with the new ball joints and tie rod ends. 🚘 It wasn’t cheap and while if I was a mechanic I could have saved a bucket of money 🔧 I shouldn’t have to worry about either failing in the life of the vehicle at this point. I can cringe at the cost but I knew it would be necessary after a number of years with the lift kit – which has been on the truck for five and a half years now. I’m much more able to get in and out of tight turns and it rides quieter and steers a hell of a lot better. Hopefully the uneven tire wear will be arrested too. I had budgeted for it when I bought the lift kit and it’s not like I’ve not destroyed them on every other car I’ve owned with the shitty roads I drive. Price the shop quoted me was basically the same price as when I had a similar job quoted on my old truck years ago.

My truck may be pissing a lot of money away 💸 but having a fun car at least once when you are young is worth it if only for the lifetime of memories. I’ve learned so much about batteries 🔋, electricity and solar power and its lead to many nights in the wilderness. 🐺 Could I have given the money away to feed needy children 🚸 or invested it?💰 Sure but it was luxury I could afford and I go without plenty of things like air conditioning, or high speed internet at home. I don’t take expensive vacations, I’m happier wilderness camping ⛺.

The fan I bought yesterday 💨seems to be quite powerful and when the motor heats up uses a little under 35 watts and a bit more when cold. It’s alternating current so there will be greater inverter and reactance loses than my DC fan I use in my truck cap but it’s a lot easier to run 120 volt AC line back to the screen tent 🎪 especially if I’m also charging my laptop and phone 📱 for work.

In four weeks on July 16 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (301°) at 8:35 pm,🌄 which is 6 minutes and 4 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot, humid, partly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 92 and 60 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 83 and 62 degrees. The record high of 97 degrees was set back in 1900.

June 14, 2020 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 62 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a north breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. Not a bad night but still another fully kind of chilly night before the heat wave later in the week.

Today I did some hiking around Holt Preserve, 🚶 went out to my folks house 🏡 for Sunday dinner 🍲 and did an evening hike up Bennett Hill. Really quiet up there on a Sunday evening. I saw only one person hiking up there the other rest of the time it was quiet. What’s funny is this time of year it actually gets dark earlier at dusk 🌆 then in the winter due to the leaves on the trees. 🌲🌳🌳

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 49 degrees at 4am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 23rd. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 42 occurred back in 1985.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 33% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:18 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 27 seconds. Sunrise is one second earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (64°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 42 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 26 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 6th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 6pm. Light north wind. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1988.

Tomorrow I drop off Big Red at the shop to find out why the back tire is wearing so unevenly. 🔧 I’m betting it was that rock I hit back in September 2017 that broke the shock boot but I’m no mechanic. I probably should have done it years ago but I had to have them put it on the lift and find all the stuff that is broken. 😕Better to repair than break down in the wilderness. That said, I’m hoping they can just bang or adjust whatever is bent back into alignment. And then rotate the tires.

I’m undecided but I’m thinking about heading up to the Adirondacks for the second half of the week ⛺ to camp and work remotely, assuming my office doesn’t reopen for in person work. It’s going to be hot plus bass season opens on Saturday. 🎣 Haven’t decided if I should bring my kayak – that kind of interferes with the solar panel I need for electricity 🔌 to power my laptop for work. Not to mention it would be fun to camp the first day of summer.

For the forth of July I was originally thinking about Moose River Plains 🎇 but maybe I’ll go to the upper part of Powley Road instead. I’d like to see it even though it’s a much longer trip with the road closure. I’m curious to see how much of the road has been rebuilt and how much has changed. The week before then I might go to Schoharie County to try out the pool assuming it opens June 28th as promised. 🏊

In four weeks on July 12 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (301°) at 8:32 pm,🌄 which is one minute and 44 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had humid, partly sunny and temperatures between 81 and 69 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 62 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1935.

Looking ahead,

April 8, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly cloudy and 53 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌃 There is a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. Enjoy the nice evening, not expected to last. More rain tomorrow. Temperatures will drop below freezing at Saturday around 4 am. ☃️

Today wasn’t a half bad day, 😊busy at work but unfortunately not a real nice day for working outside so I stayed home and worked on my work computer. 💻 As I only do work on that machine I’m much more productive, not checking my personal email 📧 or social media. After work, I walked down to the town park 🚶 and got some podcasts. 🎧 I am watching some videos I downloaded the other day. It did clear out for a while today and I thought about driving out to Five Rivers 🐸 to work on the wifi. But it was probably much more productive working from home. Hot Meatball sandwich for lunch, hot dogs and beans with cheese for dinner. 🍱Not really adventurous cooking today. 🍲 Yesterday’s tuna fish melt was really good though. 🐠

While it was a pretty nice evening I decided after my walk 🚶 to lay in bed and catch up on some of the YouTube videos I downloaded yesterday while I was working at Five Rivers. 🎥 Farmers are busy with prepping fields this time of year, 🚜 they’ve moved beyond counting the hundreds of loads of manure 💩 they’ve hauled over the winter that’s come and gone. 🌾Things are starting to green up in the valley now, the average low is about 35 at this point and nights below freezing are becoming rare. Even in the upland, spring is coming.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 40 degrees at 4am. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 22nd. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south after midnight. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 41 degrees. The record low of 16 occurred back in 1977.

Been working on growing out my side burns during the quarantine. 🙊 While my hairy face isn’t quite a secret with all the zoom meetings I’ve been participating in 📹, truth be told everybody is getting long and shaggy so I might as well join in the fun and try something different. 💈 I haven’t gotten rid of the goatee I have but I might. Good to try something new and fool all the facial recognition cameras on the street. ☺🎥 It’s creepy enough that the politicians are monitoring people’s cellphone pings and using it to pronounce if people are doing enough social distancing. Honestly if I plan to travel I’ll just pull my cellphone 📱 battery. Stop those creeps in government from judging my pings. 📍

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 98% illuminated. The moon is quite bright 🔆 tonight. The Pink 🌸 Moon is on Friday, April 24. The darkest hour is at 12:58 am, followed by dawn at 5:57 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:26 am in the east (79°) and last for 2 minutes and 57 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:03 am with sun in the east (86°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 52 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 49 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will have showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then showers likely. 🌦 High of 52 degrees at 1pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 2nd. Maximum dew point of 44 at 11am. 🏖️ Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 21 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Going to be wet and windy but not too cold. But definitely a work from home day I think. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible. I know some other models say it will be colder. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 1991. 13.3 inches of snow fell back in 2000.❄

So one model says the upper elevations may get several inches of snow ❄ tomorrow into Good Friday, while others call for cold and cloudy weather for the weekend. Yet others call for all rain ☔ event with more sun ☀ and not as cold this weekend. I don’t know about this weekend. I may or may not have plans, I don’t know. I actually have three different scenarios, maybe four – it depends a lot. ⛺ 🔥 🚶 🎣 🔫 ❓❔❓❔I have to remember that Sunday is Easter 🐰 so I can’t plan on going shopping on Sunday. 🍏 Regardless, I plan on practicing social distancing, 👤although if I stay in town I might join my neighbors six feet away next to their fire pit. 🔥 I’ll have to buy some beer 🍻.

In four weeks on May 6 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (294°) at 8:01 pm,🌄 which is 31 minutes and 42 seconds later then tonight. Seems both oddly close and far away at same time. Hopefully by then things will be return back to normal. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 74 and 53 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 67 and 44 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 1930.

Looking ahead, Earth Day 🌎 is in 2 weeks, Latest Sunset 🌆 is in 11 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 41 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 43 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

Consider Visting Christman Sanctuary.

If your heading out towards Delanson on a nice weekday afternoon, consider visiting the Christman Sanctuary, a popular Nature Conservancy property almost on the Schoharie County line. I don’t recommend visiting it on the weekend, due to the popularity and limited parking.

It starts on a boardwalk back into the woods.

The hike back there is unremarkable, until you get close to the falls where the trail reaches close to the Upper Falls.

The Upper Falls are quite nice but can be crowded on a nice weekday.

That said, solitude can be found a little ways down at the Middle and Lower Falls.

The Trip During the Heat of Summer.

Last summer during some of the hottest days of the year, I went up to the Potholers and Piseco-Powley Road for a four-day, three-night trip. Just long enough that I wouldn’t have to get a camping permit.

That was the weekend that it was in the upper 90s with heat indexes in the low 100s in Albany, but I didn’t mind, because I spent most of my days down at the potholers.

Despite the heat, the water was nice and cold. And when I got back to camp the beer was delicious.

Maybe not the most exotic trip ever, but it was nice to escape the heat for a few days in the wilderness.

January 19, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Next Sunday is 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆. Cloudy and 33 degrees in Delmaritian. ❄ There is a southwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. There are 3 1/2 inches of snow on the ground, but it alrasty warm enough that the roads are just wet and with the sun out the snow isn’t expected to last long – the first half of next week will be cool – but come Wednesday we will have temperatures more like March than January. ☃ ️

Still not feeling great 😷 but its tough in the winter with the stuffy inside air. I still got up at 6:30 am and made up cornbread 🍞 waffles but I sure feel congested. Nice and warm in the apartment as I turned the heat up yesterday and it’s mild enough this morning that it’s clicked off and well into the mid 60s in my bedroom.

Riding the exercise bike 🚲 and its working good and fairly quiet after lubrication but there is a bit of a rubbing noise from the brake which I set to add more resistance to the pedaling for more cardiovascular effort. I should see if my parents have some unused weights I could use or maybe I could use those big heavy brake disc’s for lifting that is once I clean off all the dust. Lifting those would probably be quite good for upper body strength 💪. Using the brake disc’s might be a better idea as they are something I already have and don’t need more stuff.

Today will become partly sunny 🌦 later on, with a high of 36 degrees at 11am. Six degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around February 19th. Again not real cold but the wind will make it a bit nippy. Southwest wind 5 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning, which became light snow by afternoon. The high last year was 31 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1929. 8.5 inches of snow fell back in 1886.❄

I should go to the store today as I’m really low on dairy products 🐮, I don’t have any cheese or butter which is no fun for sure. I am thinking about getting the stuff to bake bread 🍞 because I haven’t done that in years and I never have bread at home except when my parents give me left over rolls half of which end of getting moldy and tossed into the compost.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:07 pm with sun having an altitude of 27° from the due south horizon (-43.9° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:08 pm with the sun in the southwest (235°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (243°) starting at 4:48 pm and lasts for 3 minutes and 16 seconds with dusk around 5:22 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 5:57 pm. At sunset, look for some remaining snow showers around 🌨 and temperatures around 30 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 13 mph with gusts up to 28mph. Today will have 9 hours and 30 minutes of daytime, an increase of one minute and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Maybe I’ll also go skiing 🎿. If I do that I’ll probably go down to Schodack Island State Park assuming there is enough sun ☀ and the snow doesn’t melt right away. I’m not super sick but with my head congestion I don’t want to over exhaust myself and get sick. 😷

I should do some cleaning today and reading too later. 📖 Maybe get out my soldering iron and repair my wall display. May continue to scrub the soap scum off the walls of my bathroom 🛀

Tonight will be mostly cloudy 🌥, with a low of 12 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal. Maximum wind chill around 1 at 5am; Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Going to be fairly cold night and the same is true for Kings birthday 👑. In 2019, we had light snow in the evening, which became snow by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 0 degrees. The record low of -22 occurred back in 1970.

🌹🌻🌼Only 60 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼

That’s always a good sign. 🌷Not sure how long this winter will last but I can’t believe we will get away without at least one more big storm and a cold period. I really am not planning on many big trips until April, as March is always busy at work, even with my new job if only for different reasons.

As previously noted, next Sunday is 5:30 PM Dusk 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 5:00 pm with dusk at 5:30 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 28 and 14 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 59 back in 1950.

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