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October 7, 2020 Night

Good evening! Rain showers and 56 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☔ Breezy, ️22 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 44 mph 💨💨💨. The dew point is 44 degrees.

I don’t mind not having power 🔌 but not having data service for my phone all afternoon although now it’s working again. Not sure if the network was totally overloaded but it was frustrating 😤 getting emails in but not able to respond. 📧 I sat out back for a while but it started to rain so I came inside.

I ended up running in office 🏢 downtown to get to emails because it was bad to be totally off the grid at work all afternoon. Not good for remote working. ⛽ I was very low on gas so I ended up getting gas at the expensive gas station in Albany because Glenmont was still dark on my way home. I was planning on going to the store 🛒 and get some groceries but everything is still dark in Glenmont. Not a lot of trees down but there was no stop lights 🚥 on Delmar bypass.

Tonight will have isolated showers before 10pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 43 degrees at 6am. One degree above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 6th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Gibbous 🌖 Moon with 69% illuminated. The moon will rise at 9:45 pm. The darkest hour is at 12:44 am, followed by dawn at 6:32 am, and sun starting to rise at 7:00 am in the east (97°) and last for 2 minutes and 55 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 7:38 am with sun in the east-southeast (104°). Tonight will have 12 hours and 35 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 58 degrees at 3pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 20th. Northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 80 was set in 2017.

I thought by now we we would have power 🔌 but at least I have data service. 📶 I can plug things into my truck with the solar come morning. 🌅 But I’m sure by morning I’ll have power. That said I’m using my usual battery 🔋 lantern 🏮 for light in my bedroom and it’s plenty bright. I didn’t do my evening walk 🚶🏻 although it probably wouldn’t have been good with the weather at any rate.

With the latest forecast I decided to stay in town this weekend as it only looks like the hurricane 🌀 will be pushing in earlier than expected and Sunday into Monday will be quite wet.

In four weeks on November 4 the sun will be setting in the west-southwest (249°) at 4:44 pm (Standard Time),🌄 which is one hour, 41 minutes and 51 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 51 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 53 and 34 degrees. The record high of 76 degrees was set back in 1994.

Looking ahead, Average High is 55 🍂 is in 3 weeks, Day After Election Day 🛀 is in 4 weeks, Veterans Day 🇺🇸 is in 5 weeks, Earliest Sunset of the Year ⌛️ is in 9 weeks, Tea Party Day 🐍 is in 10 weeks, Festivus 🍖 is in 11 weeks, Bacon Day 🥓 is in 12 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 14 weeks, Inauguration Day ✅ is in 15 weeks, Clean Your Computer Day 🧹 is in 18 weeks and Presidents Day 👴 is in 19 weeks.

October 7, 2020 Morning

Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐪 Three weeks to Average High is 55 🍂. Partly cloudy and 55 degrees in Delmar, NY. ⛅ There is a south breeze at 7 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 46 degrees. The skies will clear around 5 pm.

A nice autumn morning although the clouds are pushing in. 🌤️ Smokey by the farm down the way, I think there is a temperature inversion trapping in the smoke. They’re far enough on the outskirts of town that it’s probably not that obnoxious 🔥 but some of those wood furnaces can stink and pollute in more urban areas. They do provide a lot of inexpensive heat produced on farm especially for dairies that need a lot of hot water for cleaning the milk house. 🐮

Today will have a chance of showers before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds. Mostly cloudy 🌦, with a high of 66 degrees at 12pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around October 1st. Maximum dew point of 54 at 2pm. South wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became light rain by afternoon. The high last year was 67 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 1963.

After the morning meeting I’m hoping to find some time to get my flu shot. 💉It’s not a big deal and I like to get it every year as I’ve heard the flu is pretty bad. 🤮 It’s free under health insurance so I should do it. I have meetings and other things going on so maybe I won’t be able to but I’m hopeful.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:44 pm with sun having an altitude of 41.7° from the due south horizon (-29.2° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:49 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (263°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:27 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:54 pm, which is one minute and 42 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:28 pm. At sunset, look for rain 🌧 and temperatures around 60 degrees. The dew point will be 50 degrees. Breezy, 21 mph breeze ⛅ from the west with gusts up to 39mph. Today will have 11 hours and 25 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 50 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have a chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 44 degrees at 6am. Two degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around October 4th. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. In 2019, we had light drizzle in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 45 degrees. The record low of 21 occurred back in 1964.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Maximum dew point of 58 at 1pm. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 63. Maximum dew point of 47 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 62 degrees.

While it wasn’t originally planned, ⛺ I am thinking about heading out to Madison County tomorrow morning before work and spending Columbus Day Weekend 🍂 up at Stoney Pond but I might come back Sunday as it looks like rain ☔ come Monday from the reminents of Hurricane Delta. Not totally sure but if I’m leaving before dawn tomorrow I’ll have to pack tonight.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until Average High is 55 🍂 when the sun will be setting at 5:53 pm with dusk at 6:22 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy and temperatures between 60 and 45 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 78 back in 1971.

October 6, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy Tuesday. Four weeks to until the United States gets the final chance to decide between Biden this Time and the Trumpster, assuming he doesn’t pass from Coronavirus in the meantime. 🗳 Mostly cloudy and 54 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ Calm wind. The dew point is 50 degrees. The skies will clear around 5 am.

This morning started out rather cloudy ☁️ but the day has improved as it went on. More sun ☀ later in the day although I’m working in the dungeon, so I won’t know what weather is like. But at least I won’t get rained on waiting for the bus. 🚌

Today will have patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 67 degrees at 4pm. Three degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 29th. Maximum dew point of 53 at 10am. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning, which became cloudy by afternoon. The high last year was 65 degrees. The record high of 90 was set in 1900. There was a dusting of snow in 1954.❄

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:44 pm with sun having an altitude of 42° from the due south horizon (-28.8° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.7 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. Shadows grow long as autumn progresses. 🕳 The golden hour 🏅 starts at 5:51 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (257°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (264°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:29 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 55 seconds with dusk around 6:55 pm, which is one minute and 43 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:30 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 66 degrees. The dew point will be 48 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 9 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 28 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 51 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will have increasing clouds ☁, with a low of 51 degrees at 12am. Eight degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 18th. Maximum dew point of 49 at 7pm. South wind around 8 mph. In 2019, we had cloudy 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 27 occurred back in 1986.

A picture perfect weekend on tap. 😎 Saturday, mostly sunny, with a high near 72. Maximum dew point of 52 at 7pm. Sunday, partly sunny, with a high near 65. Maximum dew point of 48 at 6am. Typical average high for the weekend is 62 degrees.

I was planning on staying in town this weekend to avoid the holiday crowds but I could change my mind. 💭 With remote work it’s not that big of a deal but I don’t want to camp ⛺ when there are a lot of people at Stoney Pond but it would be nice if there was still some autumn color out that way. 🍂

Looking ahead, there are 4 weeks until it’s the final chance to vote ❎ when the sun will be setting at 4:45 pm with dusk at 5:14 pm (Standard Time). At nine o’clock the hour of voting ends in New York but tabulation of the votes will probably go until Turkey Day. 🦃On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 30 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 53 degrees. We hit a record high of 75 back in 1990.

September 27, 2020 Morning

Good morning! Happy More Night then Day 🌌! Dreary start to the darker part of the year with the skies cloudy and gray but it’s supposed to clear later. Next Sunday is Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆. Even darker come October. I better work to get that lantern 🏮 up to full brightness again. It was good until it plugged with carbon again Cloudy with a few drops of rain and 59 degrees at the Lake Pleasant. 🌧️ There is a south-southwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 59 degrees. The skies will clear around noontime.

The leaves have gotten really colorful around camp 🍂and are really starting to fall. With the rain and inevitable wind over the next few days I’m sure most of them will be gone by next weekend although that’s not at all surprising for the Adirondacks. I’m actually a bit surprised at the reports of good color in the Catskills at this point, usually that’s a bit later around Columbus Day Weekend ⛵.

Today will be cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny ⛅, with a high of 75 degrees at 3pm. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 10th. Maximum dew point of 60 at 9am. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning with some clearing in the afternoon. The high last year was 72 degrees. The record high of 89 was set in 2017.

Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:49 pm with sun having an altitude of 44.7° from the due south horizon (-25.3° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 6.1 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour 🏅 starts at 6:09 pm with the sun in the west (262°). 📸 The sunset is in the west (268°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:47 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 56 seconds with dusk around 7:13 pm, which is one minute and 48 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌇 At dusk you’ll see the Waxing Gibbous 🌔 Moon in the southeast (136°) at an altitude of 16° from the horizon, 243,384 miles away. 🚀 The best time to look at the stars is after 7:49 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 72 degrees. The dew point will be 60 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 54 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 56 seconds over yesterday.

I am thinking about hiking Pillsbury Mountain today or going back to Pillsbury Lake ⛰️ but I’m afraid that the firetower will be crowded and no parking up there. I might park at Sled Harbor 🅿 and walk from there – the dreary weather might decrease the popularity. The thing is that I don’t know that many very scenic hikes around here that aren’t really popular that I haven’t done a million times before. 👪 I just spend a lot of time up here because I have decent cellphone and internet access in this area for work.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers after 2am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 59 degrees at 5am. 13 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around August 26th. Maximum dew point of 62 at 10pm. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had partly cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 54 degrees. The record low of 24 occurred back in 1947.

Thursday is October 1st so after that I can camp ⛺ at Stoney Pond in Nelson without a camping permit. 🎫 I am thinking about a fall trip out to Central NY and I could do Zoom Meetings from either the Cazenovia or Hamilton libraries.💻 I don’t want to go out there Columbus Day Weekend but if I go too late in October it will be bow season 🏹 and I want to have the woods largely to myself to small game hunt. 🔫 I also might do some fishing 🎣 at Nelson Swamp off the bridge. Maybe three nights at Stoney Pond and a few at Cherry Ridge 🍒 in Brookfield.

As previously noted, next Sunday is Last Sunset After 6:30 PM 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:32 pm with dusk at 7:01 pm. On that day in 2019, we had partly sunny and temperatures between 59 and 41 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 65 degrees. We hit a record high of 86 back in 1891.

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.

August 14, 2020 8 PM Update

Good evening! Mostly clear and 76 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. 🌌There is a north breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 60 degrees.

It was a nice day hiking the Catherine Valley Rail Trail 🚂. Not the most exciting trail ever but a nice walk through some well managed and scenic woods. A lot of it was timber country that is leased to a local hunting club. 🦌🦃🦆 Some road noise from NY 14 but it ran pretty high above the valley on dirt viaducts cut into the mountainside.

In the afternoon I went for a swim at Watkins Glen State Park. 🏊🏻‍♂️ I thought the pool was too crowded for social distancing at four o’clock so I hopped out and by five it had thinned out so then I hopped in the pool. One thing nice about the Finger Lakes is the swimming areas are all open until 7 pm. ☺

I thought about swimming at Enfield Gorge or at the Cayuga Lake beach 🏖 at Taughannock State Park but I feel like those bathrooms 🚿 are more cramped and less clean, and the natural water is not chlorinated so I’m hesitant. Plus the beach areas are smaller and cramped making social distancing more difficult.

I got ice cream one more time at Glen Dairy Bar 🍧this time an apple sundae. 🍏I think this will be the last one for this trip, I’m kind of tired 😴 of eating so much ice cream. It’s been fun while it lasted during this trip. I told myself ice cream 🍦nearly there would be my special little treat.

Watched the sunset 🌇 from off Ball Diamond Road in the National Forest pasture again tonight. Another nice sunset, always pretty watching the sun set over the hills of the Finger Lakes and Seneca Lake.

Walked down to Foster Pond and watched the stars ✨ for a while. Saw four shooting stars 🌠including one that was really bright and lit up the sky. Ended up falling asleep and was awoken by a bunch of drunk kids rafting in plastic blow up rafts on Foster Pond. 🛥️ One of them offered me a partially drink can of white claw, during the pandemic. 🍻 I declined and walked back to camp.

Running low on drinking water 💦 and wanting something sweet I packed apple 🍏 juice for hiking today. That was fine until I cross threaded the canteen and it leaked over my backpack. Fortunately I decided to leave the binoculars and camera 📸 in the truck. A bee was attracted to the backpack got stung in the arm. 🐝 That hurt. The backpack was washed in the shower 🚿 and is drying now. Drank too much apple juice today and now I have the runs a bit. 💩 Hello bucket shitter! Getting full, going to emptied and buried ⚰ tomorrow when I break camp.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 63 degrees at 5am. Three degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 9pm. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 62 degrees. The record low of 48 occurred back in 1964.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 19% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 1:13 am, followed by dawn at 5:44 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:14 am in the east-northeast (70°) and last for 3 minutes and 4 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:53 am with sun in the east-northeast (76°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 5 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 31 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 81 degrees at 2pm. Typical for Tomorrow. Maximum dew point of 63 at 7am. South wind 3 to 7 mph. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 83 degrees. The record high of 96 was set in 1959. One thing to watch is clouds may push in fairly early tomorrow afternoon. ☁️

I am going to take a wait and see approach tomorrow. ⛅ I am afraid it might be quite choppy on Seneca Lake by afternoon to paddle. 🛶 If it’s kind of gray and dark out I might stay at camp. Although there are some additional marsh trails in Watkins Glen that I was reading 📖 about I’m thinking 💭 about exploring.

In four weeks on September 11 the sun will be setting in the west (276°) at 7:23 pm,🌄 which is 46 minutes and 6 seconds earlier then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot and humid weather that was partly sunny and temperatures between 87 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 54 degrees. The record high of 98 degrees was set back in 1931.

Looking ahead, Labor Day Weekend Begins 👨‍🏭 in 3 weeks, September 11th 🇸 is in 4 weeks, 7 PM Sunset 🌆 is in 5 weeks, Average High is 65 🍂 is in 7 weeks, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 13 weeks, Buy Nothing Day 🛍️ is in 15 weeks, Average High is 40 🌨 is in 16 weeks, Bake Cookies Day 🍪 is in 18 weeks, Christmas 🎅 is in 19 weeks, New Years Day 2020 🎉 is in 20 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 21 weeks, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 5 months, my 38th Birthday 🎉 is in 24 weeks and Valentines Day ❤️ is in 6 months.

August 13, 2020 Evening

Good evening! Clear and 72 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. 🌃 There is a north-northeast breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 58 degrees.

It was a nice day 👍 to explore part of the Finger Lakes I had never been to before. The Kueka Outlet Trail is pretty darn neat winding through a gorge past numerous ruins of old mills. 🏤 One thing that surprised me that there was enough water power to run all those mills – when I was there the water was flowing but hardly a torrent. It might be different in the spring or after a heavy rain storm ☔ – it’s been a pretty dry summer in the Finger Lakes although nothing like 2015.

Hiked 🚶🏽 from Penn Yan to Dresden a total of 13 miles round trip. While this is not a strenuous hike by any means – it’s a 200 feet ascent heading west over 6 1/2 miles it was still an all afternoon hike and I was tired 😴 with the heat. I did do a short walk around downtown Penn Yan 🏙 which still has a fairly intact main street then visited the village park overlooking the lake. Ironically, when you are at one of the tips or Keuka Lake you really don’t get that scenic of a vista as all you see is the tine of the fork 🍴and big hill in the center.

Came back and got ice at Dandy Mart. Forgot to buy coffee ☕ again for the morning. Spent a little time down at Clute Park but I was tired 💤 and didn’t want to drive to camp in the dark so I left before sunset 🌇. Came back and had hot dogs and beer 🌭🍺, I’m definitely ready for bed now.

I thought about hiking to Foster Pond but after a few beers 🍻 and all the walking 🚶🏽 I did today, I decided it’s not advisable. I’m just super tired. I find it hard to get as good of night sleep in the woods as I do at home, especially if I stay up late and then wake up when the sun ☀ is pouring in my window. ⬜

I have a bunch of pictures to upload 🗺️ but I’ll wait until tomorrow when I head into town. I wanted to process them a bit more on my phone before uploading. I also have some pictures I want to get off my dash cam to upload.

Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 64 degrees at 5am. Four degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 60 at 1am. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It was somewhat humid. It got down to 66 degrees. The record low of 44 occurred back in 1941.

Tonight will have a Waining Crescent 🌘 Moon with 28% illuminated. The darkest hour is at 1:13 am, followed by dawn at 5:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 6:14 am in the east-northeast (69°) and last for 3 minutes and 4 seconds. Sunrise is one minute and 4 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:53 am with sun in the east-northeast (76°). Tonight will have 10 hours and 3 minutes of darkness, an increase of 2 minutes and 29 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 87 degrees at 3pm. Six degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 63 at 9am. Calm wind becoming northeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning, which became thunderstorm by afternoon. It was sticky. The high last year was 84 degrees. The record high of 97 was set in 1988.

Going to be another hot and sunny day tomorrow. 🏊🏻‍♂️ I think it would be a good day to spend one more day at the Watkins Glen State Park pool on a relatively quiet weekday. and maybe hike more of the Catharine Valley Rail Trail, maybe south of Montour Falls this time. 🚂 And maybe one last ice cream cone at Glen Dairy Bar. 🍦Saturday I will probably stay in the National Forest for social distancing purposes but I’m thinking of doing some fishing 🎣 and swimming of Caywood Point and maybe if it seems like the water is calm, paddling from Watkins Glen to Hector Point. Sunday I probably will hang out at camp for a while then maybe go for a hike around the rim of Taughannock and then head home around 1 pm, probably via NY 23.🛣️

It seems odd that this trip I haven’t visited the Taughannock Gorge so far 🕋 or Enfield Glen. While I like those places a lot they tend to be crowded and I have little interest in visiting any crowded places during the pandemic. I am trying to keep this trip simple and relaxing plus visiting new places in the Finger Lakes that I’ve not spent a lot of time in the past. Gorges are great but I am really truly hard to maintain social distancing. 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦While COVID-19 doesn’t have me hiding all the time in my home, I really try to avoid places where maintaining social distancing is impossible.🗣️

Before hiking today I sprayed heavily my hammock with another coat of Martin’s Permethrin. 🐜 Bugs haven’t been bad camping but I figured it’s a nice low humidity, non windy day so it should soak in good as some time in the future might be buggy again. Permethrin has a bit of a funny smell at first but it dissappears after airing out. 👃

In four weeks on September 10 the sun will be setting in the west (277°) at 7:25 pm,🌄 which is 45 minutes and 37 seconds earlier then today. In 2019 on that day, we had mostly sunny and temperatures between 77 and 52 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 75 and 54 degrees. The record high of 96 degrees was set back in 1931.

Looking ahead, 6:30 Sunrise 🌇 is in 4 weeks, Constitution Day 📜 is in 5 weeks, October 🛥 and Harvest Moon 🌕 is in 7 weeks, Average High is 60 🍂 is in 9 weeks, Average Night Below Freezing 🌌 is in 3 months, Thanksgiving 🦃 is in 15 weeks, 7:15 AM Sunrise ⌛️ is in 17 weeks, Christmas Eve 🎅 is in 19 weeks, New Years Eve 🎆 is in 20 weeks, Make Your Dream Come True Day 🏡 is in 5 months, Coldest Week of the Year 🌬 is in 22 weeks, Wolf Moon 🌕 is in 24 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 26 weeks and National Drink Wine Day 🍷 is in 27 weeks.

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