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October 12, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Columbus Day ! ⛵ 🍂 Cloudy but no rain yet and 43 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁️ There is a east-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The skies will clear tomorrow around 5 pm.

Cool but not a bad autumn morning. ☁️ More sun though would be nice. It was a nice weekend 🍂 and I sort of wish I had headed out of town but I did get some nice hiking in at Hand Hollow Conservation Area and the State Forest of the same name, followed by a visit to the Ooms Conservation Area, an open fields birding area 🐦 above a water supply pond near the Ooms Dairy 🐮 in Columbia County. Speiglton Lake is quite pretty little Reservoir nestled in the hills although certainly parts of Hands Hollow were noisy from the Lebanon Valley Speedway and being race day. 🏎🏎 Looked like a good place to hunt on the state forest, as the woods is fairly thin and full of wildlife 🌲🌲🌲 and it’s less known as a newer state forest. Outside of Speiglton Lake there aren’t a lot of trails but most of the woods is quite accessible as long as you have a good map 🗺 to stay on public property.

After hiking I bought stuff to make good baked Macoroni and Cheese 🧀 and it came out pretty good, washed down with a bunch of beer 🍻. And I have meals 🍴 for all week and I might end up freezing it in smaller containers for more food later on so I’m not just eating the same thing over and over this week.

Columbia County with all those monied folks in those old houses is quite a trip. 🏣 So many houses with Black Lives Matters signs and Biden Harris lawn signs. I had to joke to myself that there are more people with Black Lives Matters signs then there are black people in that part of the county. 🤨 I bet though running a dairy in that area must be a bit challenging with the gentrifiers finding every reason to complain. 🐄

Columbus Day 🍂⛵ will have a slight chance of rain between 2pm and 3pm. Cloudy 🌧, with a high of 53 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 2nd. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 66 degrees. The record high of 85 was set in 1954. There was a dusting of snow in 1904.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:42 pm with sun having an altitude of 39.8° from the due south horizon (-31.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.2 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:41 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (254°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (260°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:19 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 6:45 pm, which is one minute and 39 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:20 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 52 degrees. There will be a east-southeast breeze at 8 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 11 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain, mainly after 1am. Patchy fog after 2am. 🌧 Low of 49 degrees at 9pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 27th. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. 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 42 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1981.

So yeah its not going to be a real nice day. 🌥 I’m going over to John Wolcott house to do more filming tonight 📼, we will see how things go. With work I’m not sure if I’ll have much free time to get over there and go through his files 📂 though until November.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 56. Typical average high for the weekend is 59 degrees.

I would really like to get out of town this weekend ⛺ but I have to make sure I have good cell service 📱 for work. I’m still leaning towards Madison County at this point. Things could change – some forecasts are more pessimistic especially for Friday but I’ll continue to watch it an decide. Turns out that weather wise the past weekend would have been nicer. ☀️⛵🍂

Looking ahead, there are 7 weeks until Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon 🐻 🌕 when the sun will be setting at 4:23 pm with dusk at 4:54 pm (Standard Time). On that day in 2019, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 33 and 19 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 42 degrees. We hit a record high of 67 back in 1933. Probably have to turn the heat back on by then. ♨

September 12, 2020 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 61 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. The dew point is 51 degrees. A pleasant evening, not too cool, sitting out back watching some YouTube 🎞️ I downloaded and then a copy of the NY Back Country Hunters series on Learn to Hunt. Always good to learn a thing or two new.

It was a nice day up at Rennselearville State Forest. 🌻💮🦋 I do wish though I had gotten an earlier start so I would have had more time to explore more of the forest 🔭 but I did get a few hours to poke around the forest. 🌲The morning was kind of busy with work stuff – I ended up having to run some numbers 🔢 after a work call 📞 then I got working on some edits to something else.

Like always I do like poking around those back country roads 🐮 and this time up at Rennselearville State Forest was no exception. First time I’ve been on Travis Hill in many years – still mostly just hunting camps up there. 🦌 A lot of changes to the tree cover at the state forest 🌲since I was last there with harvests.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 55 degrees at 4am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 51 at 10pm. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph 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 45 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 22% illuminated. The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Sunday, September 27. The darkest hour is at 12:52 am, followed by dawn at 6:05 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:33 am in the east (84°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:11 am with sun in the east (90°). Tonight will have 11 hours and 23 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

This evening when I was at the folks house 🏡 I went online and increased my weekly average investments in adjustance to my increased pay as a supervisor. Investments are growing nicely although I’m not sure if I they are fully above the pre pandemic highs so far its been good times. 💵 Both retirement and mid term savings are growing 📈 and I’m getting closer to being able to afford the off-grid property in the 2030s and partial retirement to hobby farm – homestead in the 2040s. 🐐

I do need to make some hard decisions by the end of November 💰 because I expect to be retiring Big Red next fall and I may not want to renew all of my certificate of deposit if I need a new vehicle. 🚘 That said, I’ve put more money into regular savings going forward and less in the market because I’m starting to think that the stock market is getting way over valued with all the coronavirus stimulus. Interest rates – at 7/10th of a percent on savings sucks though as your almost paying the bank 🏦 for the privilege of holding your money. I don’t know if I want another car or truck but if I do I’ll probably look at something more economical to drive that uses less fuel ⛽ and spends less time at the shop. 🔧 Maybe a Prisus or a Tacoma.

I find motoring 🏁 incredibly stressful 😵 and I look and see how much damage driving 🚘 does to our communities. Cars have ruined our urban fabric and polluted the landscape with smoke, noise and acres of asphalt. They kill and mame many and are so expensive to drive and insure. 🚑 And they always break down 🔧 and make scary noises. But on the other hand, they are the best ways to escape cities to the mountains 🗻 and remote farm country. 🚜

Tomorrow will have a chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Morning shouldn’t be too bad though. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 61 at 4pm. South wind 9 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 1948.

I am thinking tomorrow about hiking out to Five Rivers 🐦 in the morning before it gets all cloudy ⛅ and starts to rain ☔. I still need to keep working on the paper 📄 I’m editing and I have numbers 🔢 to crunch among other work projects this afternoon – and maybe some new blog content to do too.

In four weeks on October 10 the sun will be setting in the west (261°) at 6:20 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 69 and 49 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 62 and 41 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 1939.

Looking ahead, Columbus Day ⛵ 🍂 is a month away, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 5 weeks, Halloween 🦇 and the Blue Moon 🌕 is in 7 weeks, Small Business Saturday 🛍️ is in 11 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 12 weeks, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 15 weeks, Static Electric Shock Day 🧼 is in 17 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 19 weeks, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 21 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 23 weeks, and Snow Moon 🌕 is in 24 weeks.

September 4, 2020 Night

Good evening! Clear and 54 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. There is a west breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 48 degrees. Between the low dew point and breeze it’s chilly out tonight. Got my hoodie and vest on for the first time in months. Summer seems to be coming to an end. But that’s to be expected.🍂 All good things must end. ⌛

Definitely cold ❄. I was laying in the hammock for a while this evening but then I sat by the fire 🔥 until I climbed under the covers in my truck. 🛏 Now I’m finishing up this blog post under the covers.

Kind of a busy day with remote working. 🎥 That Zoom meeting which I wasn’t expecting dragged on for almost an hour and a half but only used about 300 MB of data but I would have much preferred to do it on the Wi-Fi to save bandwidth on the work network – and because I often like to flip to other browser tabs while the meeting is going on. 📶 At least this campsite has decent enough cellphone reception and I could do a work on my phone. That said, I will probably head home on Monday just because I expect many more lengthy meetings on Tuesday and I don’t know if I will have enough sun ☀ at this campsite to keep things well charged.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 44 degrees at 5am. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 3rd. West wind 10 to 13 mph. 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 52 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1974.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 91% illuminated. At 10 PM, the moon was in the east (99°) at an altitude of 12° from the horizon, some 252,051 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 March 14^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Saturday, September 19. The darkest hour is at 12:52 am, followed by dawn at 5:52 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:21 am in the east (80°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:59 am with sun in the east (86°). Tonight will have 11 hours of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 62 degrees at 3pm. 14 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 10th. Maximum dew point of 47 at 4pm. West wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. A year ago, we had thunderstorm in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 92 was set in 2018.

In four weeks on October 2 the sun will be setting in the west (265°) at 6:30 pm,🌄 which is 50 minutes and 10 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 75 and 49 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 65 and 45 degrees. The record high of 85 degrees was set back in 1927.

Looking ahead, September 11th 🇸 is in 1 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 2 weeks, Average High is 65 🍂 is in 4 weeks, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is a month away, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 2 months, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 10 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 12 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 3 months, Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 15 weeks, Christmas 🎅 is in 16 weeks, New Years Day 2020 🎉 is in 17 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 18 weeks and 37th Birthday 🎉 is in 21 weeks.

September 3, 2020 Night

Good evening! Partly clear and 62 degrees at the Green Mountain National Forest. There is a southwest breeze at 8 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 55 degrees.

A nice evening but pretty chilly. 🌃 The moon 🎑 rising and I’m sitting by the fire. This is a nice campsite with lots of sun but I’m having problems with the data service on my phone here so I’m going to have to move to a new campsite ⛺ before work so I have reliable service for walk.

The drive up here along US 7 was pretty ⛰️ especially around Sutherland. Very little traffic in Albany at rush hour, mostly because of everything is still remote work with the state. 🚘 A few parts of Kelly Stand Road are a bit rough in a few places from being so dry and washboarded.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 55 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 6th. Maximum dew point of 57 at 10pm. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became thunderstorm by the early hours of the morning. It became humid as the night progressed. It got down to 59 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1946.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 96% illuminated. The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Friday, September 18. The darkest hour is at 12:52 am, followed by dawn at 5:51 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:20 am in the east (79°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 5 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:58 am with sun in the east (86°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 57 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 2pm. 12 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 2nd. Maximum dew point of 56 at 8am. West wind around 14 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1929.

It sure gets dark early this time of year. 🌆 I guess that’s not that surprising in the grand scheme of things, autumn is rapidly approaching and summer is rapidly fading away. But I guess it’s a good thing because everybody wants 2020 over sooner than later although I doubt there will be much toasting out New Years Eve in 17 weeks.

In four weeks on October 1 the sun will be setting in the west (266°) at 6:32 pm,🌄 which is 50 minutes and 9 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had rain and temperatures between 78 and 60 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 66 and 45 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 1927.

Looking ahead, 6:30 Sunrise 🌇 is in 1 weeks, Constitution Day 📜 is in 2 weeks, October 🦇 and Harvest Moon 🌕 is in 4 weeks, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 6 weeks, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🌇 is in 2 months, Election Day 2019 🗳️ is in 2 months, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 12 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 14 weeks, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 16 weeks, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 17 weeks, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 4 months, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 19 weeks, Wolf Moon 🌕 is in 21 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 23 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 24 weeks.

August 30, 2020 Night

Good evening! Mostly clear and 60 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. 🌌 The dew point is 49 degrees. A pretty nice evening if not a bit cool. I went for my evening walk 🚶🏻 and then sat out for a bit.

Hiking at Cole Hill State Forest was nice but loud with those folks siting in their rifles at Cole Hill. They were being safe and had a good back stop but they were loud especially with the larger caliber stuff they were shooting like the AR-15. 🔫 The 22 and shotguns weren’t they loud in comparison. Shooting is something folks do on public land. 🌲🌳🌲A lot of wildlife 🐿️🐰🐦🦆🦉in the newer clear cut up top there.

At the parents house we had a nice picnic 🍗which chicken and sweet 🌽. It was a pretty nice evening. I downloaded a bunch of historical topographic maps I want to study and use for projects. 👕👖I did my wash while I was out there but these days wearing shorts and reusing clothes multiple days because I work from home I only had one load from the past week. 👃🏻 I can be a lot dirtier when I work remotely.

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 September 22nd. Light west wind. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1965.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 95% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the southeast (143°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, some 242,322 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 March 2^nd. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The Harvest 🌽 Moon is on Tuesday, September 1. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 5:50 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:20 am in the east-northeast (77°) and last for 2 minutes and 58 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:57 am with sun in the east (84°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 47 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 45 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 75 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 8th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 9am. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 1953.

Zoom Meetings tomorrow so I’ll probably work down at the library parking lot 🅿 although it might be nice at the Town Park as long as things are charged on the laptops. 💻 Tomorrow seems like it will be modestly busy but not a crazy 🤪 Monday but that’s certainly subject to change.

No decisions yet on next weekend but as I told my parents much could change with the forecast 🌀 before then. Honestly I’d prefer to head north the following weekend and avoid the crowds. 👪 But if the weather is nice I wouldn’t mind getting away. With remote work and the fact I’m kind of always on call as a supervisor 📞there really is no time I’m not working. Weekdays and weekends are kind of the same.

In four weeks on September 27 the sun will be setting in the west (268°) at 6:43 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 20 seconds earlier then tonight. Amazing how much daylight you loose around the beginning of autumn. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 72 and 46 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 47 degrees. The record high of 89 degrees was set back in 2017.

Continuing to thumb 👍🏻 through bicycle ads on Facebook. 🚲 There certainly are a lot of affordable options. I really should sit down and figure what I really need in a commuter bike. I’m not sure really what I’m looking at but most of the options are quite affordable that I’m seeing being sold. I know a lot of people who are big bike riders, I should ask them for tips. 🤔

Because of issues of incompatibility I’ve not been able to upgrade my blog to the latest version of WordPress. 📝 I’ve downloaded the latest version of the software and plan to test it locally to fix the bugs 🐛 so I can update and avoid security problems. 🔒 I think I know the issue but I need to test it to be sure.

Looking ahead, Average High 70 🎑 is in 3 weeks, More Night then Day 🌌 is in 4 weeks, Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 is in 5 weeks, November 🥧 is in 9 weeks, Cyber Monday 🛍️ and Beaver Moon is in 3 months, First Sunday of Advent ✝️ is in 14 weeks, Saint Nicholas Day 🎅 is in 14 weeks, Bacon Day 🥓 is in 4 months, Latest Sunrise of the Winter 🌄️ is in 18 weeks and Valentines Day ❤️ is in 24 weeks.

August 29, 2020 Night

Good evening! Cloudy and damp around 70 degrees on Delmar. ☁️ There is a west breeze at 13 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 67 degrees. The skies will clear around 9 pm.

Not a super nice day so I stayed home 🏡 and read and worked on a variety of little projects. I wanted to go for an evening walk 🚶🏻 but the threat of rain was much too high. Tomorrow I’ll get out hiking. Put together some new maps 🗺️and stuff for the blog, was reading another book 📙 about homesteading. 🐐 Cheeses and dairy science is fascinating stuff 🧀 – minor changes in processing milk 🥛 can create vastly different effects products or more likely ruin it entirely.

I finally baked up that cookie mix 🍪that expired in April. Good peanut 🥜 butter cookies that I bought last fall for my West Virginia trip but never eat. 😋 I figured I better eat it before the mice get in an chew holes in the packaging.🐁It’s been a bad year for mice in the woods – something people were talking about yesterday on Facebook and I noticed we’re bad both in the Finger Lakes and Piseco Powley Road.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 58 degrees at 5am. Typical for tonight. Maximum dew point of 67 at 9pm. West wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 57 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1982.

Tonight will have a Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon with 90% illuminated. At 9 PM, the moon was in the south-southeast (156°) at an altitude of 21° from the horizon, some 239,388 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 February 27^th. Buckle up for safety! 💺 The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 5:49 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:19 am in the east-northeast (77°) and last for 2 minutes and 59 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:56 am with sun in the east (83°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 44 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 44 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 72 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 16th. Maximum dew point of 58 at 7am. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 98 was set in 1953. The great Heat Wave of 1953.

Should be a nice autumn like day. 🍂 Nice change from the humidity and stormy weather today. I am thinking of doing some hiking and fishing 🎣 at Partridge Run tomorrow. Should be a great day to spend outdoors but maybe a bit chilly by the time I go out to my parents house for Sunday dinner. 🍲 But then again, Tuesday is September. Summer has quickly bit the dust.

I get so tired of hearing so many police 🚨 sirens lately. The past few months they really have been abusing them it seems. For a while they were relatively quiet, tapping the sirens only briefly at the traffic light 🚦 to warn motorists but lately it’s been non-stop and it’s annoying. That and the super throaty motorcycles and trucks 🏍. Maybe I’m noticing it more this year as I’m home all of the time I’m not in the woods enjoying the quiet. 🤫

I am planning my next trip after Labor Day Weekend. 🍂 I’ll have to get out my blaze orange and gun cleaned up at that point. I’m thinking the Spectulator Area most likely especially if I’m planning several weekdays because the library is a pleasant place to work for Zoom Meetings. After October 1st I might camp and work from a combination of Stoney Pond State Forest and Charles Baker. ⛺ I can probably get Wi-Fi at the Cazenovia and Hamilton libraries out there for Zoom. Remote work has its benefits. 💻No permit is needed for Stoney Pond State Forest after October 1st and it’s unlikely I’ll see anyone there except maybe a grizzled old hunter. 🎫 Fishing in Nelson Swamp is a lot of fun too.

I really enjoy reading and looking at pictures of folks off grid properties on the Facebook. 🏡 I just really like the simple and the small with lots of land in remote country. Some folks are really fancy or big builders but that certainly aint me. Some are into art work and making things pretty but I’m fine with chipboard for walls. The less you have, the less to spend money on, the less to break or have to throw away regularly. 🛠️

I’ve considered doing a trip in October to the Finger Lakes 💻 and remote working from there but I have concerns about the length of day and having enough sunlight then to keep things charged and the long trip back to Albany after hours should something break that I can’t continue to work from there likedead fuse, inverter or other problems with the solar system which I couldn’t fix in the field. ⬛ It would be fun though to enjoy the leaves, 🍁 hunt before 9 AM 🐿️🐰🦃and then work the rest of the day from camp but maybe exhausting to boot. At the National Forest you can camp for two weeks in one site, no permits required.

I also don’t want to put on too many miles or break shit in my truck 🔧before the state inspection in November. Since addressing the tire wear issue on the truck in June things have been a lot better at slowing the wear and I’m not concerned about this year’s inspection but I also don’t want to have any kind of costly repairs this autumn if possible. 🔩

In four weeks on September 26 the sun will be setting in the west (269°) at 6:45 pm,🌄 which is 49 minutes and 15 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly cloudy, rain showers and temperatures between 69 and 53 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 68 and 47 degrees. The record high of 90 degrees was set back in 2017.

Looking ahead, Northern Zone Regular Season 🦌 is in 7 weeks, Halloween 🛥️ and the Blue Moon 🌕 is in 9 weeks, Small Business Saturday 🛍️ is in 13 weeks, Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 is in 14 weeks, Boxing Day 🥊 is in 17 weeks, Cold Moon 🌕 is in 4 months, Static Electric Shock Day 🧼 is in 19 weeks, National Cheese Lovers Day 🧀 is in 21 weeks, 38th Birthday 🎉 is in 5 months, Save the Pine Bush Turns 43 🦋 is in 23 weeks, 5:30 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 25 weeks, Snow Moon 🌕 is in 26 weeks and Snow Moon 🌕 is in 26 weeks.

August 16, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Final day of vacation, plan to make the most of it. 🏖️ Summer not expected to last. Five weeks to Average High 70 🎑 . Partly cloudy and 73 degrees at the Watkins Glen State Park. ⛅ There is a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 62 degrees.

The morning started out chilly 🌤️ but the clouds parted. I made up coffee ☕ and finished up the muffins. 🍪 I am surprisingly less hung over then expected, I had a few Genesee’s with dinner last night and they’re the kind of beer 🍻 you drink when you are having more than one. 🤮

Sat back, paused briefly then made a final video 📹 of my campsite. 🏕️ I find it hard to believe that I’ve been camping here for 8 nights and nine 9⃣ days, it seems like I just set things up yesterday. ⌛I think camping here in one site all week made the time go by faster.

All packed up, site is clean 🏡 and after visiting a few more places in the Finger Lakes it will be back home. 🛣️My goal is to be home by dusk 🌆. I am not terribly worried about getting unpacked 💼 tonight although I’ll need to grab the cooler and empty that out ❄, grab my clothes 👕👖and unpack things like razors and toothbrush.

I am going to go for a swim 🏊🏻‍♂️ once the pool opens. I wanted to be here early in case the lot filled up with social distancing. Seneca Lake looked so calm this morning, I was tempted to go for a paddle but with things heating up ☀ the wind 🍃 is picking up. This afternoon I want to explore Catharine Creek Marsh 🦆some more wildlife observation 🔭 this time with binoculars. I could go for a paddle later. 🛶 I don’t know though time is limited but I made sure to leave the sleeping pad so I could get the kayak off my truck if choose. Then starting to head home, I want to visit Danby State Forest 🌲and check the overlook out there.

Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 81 degrees at 3pm. Typical for today. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10am. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, which became thunderstorm by afternoon. It became sticky as the day progressed. The high last year was 81 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1936.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 1:13 pm with sun having an altitude of 61.2° from the due south horizon (-9.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.3 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 7:30 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (283°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-northwest (289°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 8:08 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 3 seconds with dusk around 8:36 pm, which is one minute and 28 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 9:15 pm. At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 74 degrees. The dew point will be 61 degrees. There will be a south-southeast breeze at 6 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 50 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 32 seconds over yesterday.

I thought it was a pretty good week, ☺ with about the best weather one could hope for during these times. Everything was a bit off and the wood full of people during these times of social distancing. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦It’s really good that people are getting outside and enjoying nature but I do miss the solitude especially around Foster Pond – the nights 🌌star gazing with no one else around. While my campsite was far back from the road and quite remote, every time I hiked in the woods it didn’t seem quite as quiet 🤫 as years past. While I’d be pressed to say that I couldn’t find solitude but things just weren’t like years past.

The Finger Lakes are a very different place than the Adirondacks. 🐮🌱🌾🌿🕸️🦋🍷 I think it’s a fun summer place, a lot lighter and more relaxing than the Adirondacks. 🗻 Everything in the Adirondacks is much more touristy, while the Finger Lakes are more rural and the gas stations ⛽ and groceries 🛒 aren’t so overpriced as they are up north. 👃🏻 The smell of the silage and grass, the gentle mooing of the cows is a nice change.

There are definitely a lot of places on my 🅱️ list I’ve gotten to see this week and enjoy that would have otherwise been overlooked. I think it’s good to think outside of the box 🗃 and look for new places to visit in the same general area I’ve been before but previously overlooked. 🐦

One of my annoyances that seems to be a problem all over this year is the amount of litter 🚮 dumped in the woods. Seems like this week there is a growing pile of trash 🗑 dumped at Foster Pond, the same is true for the campsite on Backbone Trail. Now I’m not calling for more jack booted thugs 👢 to unsuccessfully patrol the woods and stop dumping but folks should be more responsible. 👮 You can’t stop 🛑 people who want to dump trash when no one is looking.

Bring your gawd damn deposit cans back for the nickle. 💵 Bring your aluminum foil, cans and glass home for the recycling bin ♻, it’s not that much trash if you smash it. Chances are your having a fire 🔥 so you can burn the rest of the largely burnable packaging 📦, just make sure to pack out anything that doesn’t fully become smoke or water vapor. And bury your poop 💩 and toilet paper 🚽 deep in the woods. ⚰️ Personal responsibility not jack booted thugs. ☠️

If people want to drink 🍻 and have a little fun in the woods 🤣 then good for them. Public lands are for the publics use but they shouldn’t trash them. 🌲🌳🧔🧔🏼👱🏾‍♀️👱🏼‍♀️I had my fun but my campsite was cleaner than when I got there – I cleaned up abandoned fire pits, removed bottle caps and made sure things were generally more organized than when I got here.
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I am hoping by next summer 🏖 things will be a bit quieter and back to normal. 👾 Been such an odd summer and while I’ve made the most of it I could see doing some things differently next year. 💭 I’d like to spend some time in Pennsylvania, maybe later this autumn. 🍂🍁 Yeah, while New York rednecks are fun, Pennsylvania rednecks are more fun as they have more guns 🔫 and everybody out in the country burns their trash and everything else that burns from brush piles to old mobile homes. 🔥

Continuing to read that book about hog farming. 🐷 There is a lot I didn’t know about pigs, 🐽 they are kind of fascinating creatures. I figured start my summer reading program with cattle, then pigs and maybe then goats 🐐 and chickens 🐔. Pigs are a lot more accessible to a beginning homesteader than cattle 🐮 plus they can do a lot to help restore rocky ⛰️ worn out soils as can often be found in areas with affordable acreage. 💩 I’m sure that’s why North Country Off Grid makes pigs such a big part of his homestead in North Idaho. Plus bacon 🥓.

I am thinking about getting a clip on telephoto lens 🔭for my smartphone 📱. I am quite happy with the quality of the photos 📸 my phone takes but I would like to be able to zoom 🔎 in closer to wildlife. 🦅🦉🐸🐦They aren’t really expensive either. 🖼

Tonight will have a chance of showers, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 62 degrees at 5am. Two degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 61 at 7pm. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It became very sticky as the night progressed. It got down to 67 degrees. The record low of 40 occurred back in 1979.

Today in 1916, the Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States signed. 🐦 It was designed to save Migratory Birds by giving them international protection for the first time by placing limits on hunting and other means of taking. Good day for walking in the marsh. 🐸

In 1989, a solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, 🌞leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.🖥️

Also, in 1993, Debian Linux is announced, 💾it would become the basis of many forms of Linux like Ubuntu Linux, which is currently what I run on my home computer.

And in 1966, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong.🏛️ The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.

Looking ahead, there are 5 weeks until Average High 70 🎑 when the sun will be setting at 7:07 pm with dusk at 7:35 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, patches of fog and temperatures between 79 and 42 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 71 degrees. We hit a record high of 90 back in 1946.

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