May 4, 2018 Evening

Happy Weekend! A brief rain shower came through and it’s now about 80 degrees in Albany, NY. ☁ There is a south-southwest breeze at 15 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 63 degrees. The skies will clear around 10 pm.

The sun will set at 8:00 pm with dusk around 8:30 pm, which is one minute and 7 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for clouds and thunderstorms β›ˆ and 76 degrees. The dew point will be 61 degrees. There will be a southwest breeze at 14 mph.

Tonight will have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy ☁, with a low of 51 degrees at 4am. Seven degrees above normal. Maximum dew point of 62 at 6pm. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 21 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

I’m a bit worried about the wind advisory up north, 🌪but I’m hoping it won’t be too bad, as the campsite I’m staying at is pretty open and not far from the state highway. And I have my hand saw.

New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. In 2017, we had light rain. It got down to 44 degrees. The record low of 29 occurred back in 1974.

Tonight will have a Waning Gibbous Moon 🌖 with 76% illuminated with the moon rising at 12:20 am. The moon will rise at 1:00 am. The Last Quarter Moon is on Sunday night with partly cloudy skies. The Flower Moon 🌝 is on Monday, May 28th. The sun will rise at 5:44 am with the first light at 5:13 am, which is one minute and 17 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 9 hours and 43 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 2 minutes and 23 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞 , with a high of 74 degrees at 3pm. Eight degrees above normal. West wind around 11 mph. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies. The high last year was 54 degrees. The record high of 91 was set in 1944. There was a dusting of snow in 1900.❄

Looking ahead to Sunday, a chance of showers, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. South wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Maximum dew point of 49 at 11am. Typical average high for the weekend is 66 degrees.

I got to run to the Walmart in Gloversville to get the new lamp globe I ordered🏮. They didn’t have it at Glenmont or Amsterdam so I decided Gloversville wasn’t there far out of the way.

Should be a nice weekend up north good and quietβ›Ί. It’s been so long since I have been back in the mountains.

Taking the Exit 24 tolls this time and paying the extra quarter💰 in hopes of a better commute over the Exit 25 tolls. I’ll watch the ride and decide later on if this way is worth it.

In four weeks on June 1 the sun will be setting at 8:27 pm,🌄 which is 27 minutes and 30 seconds later then today. In 2017 on that day, we had mist, mostly cloudy skies and temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 74 and 52 degrees. The record high of 94 degrees was set back in 1918.

Looking ahead, Memorial Day Weekend Starts 🏕 is in 3 weeks, Average High is 80 🏖 is in 7 weeks, Independence Day 🇺🇸 is in 2 months, Daylight Savings Time Ends 🛥 is in 6 months and Buy Nothing Day 🛍 is in 29 weeks.

🇺🇸🦅Only 20 days remain until the start of Memorial Day Weekend!🦅🇺🇸

May 4 Chronology – Kent State University Library

May 4 Chronology – Kent State University Library

"On Friday, May 1, students organized a demonstration to protest the invasion of Cambodia. A copy of the Constitution was buried to symbolize its "murder." A second meeting was called for noon, Monday, May 4. On Friday evening, warm weather, drinking and indignation over the invasion of Cambodia resulted in a crowd which moved toward the center of town breaking some windows. Police met and dispersed the crowd at the intersection of Main and Water streets. The Kent city mayor viewed the scene, heard rumors of a radical plot, declared a state of emergency and telephoned the governor in Columbus for assistance. A National Guard officer was immediately dispatched. Bars were closed by local authorities and hundreds of people were forced into the streets and herded toward the campus with tear gas from riot-geared police. The town was quiet by 2:30 a.m."hist

A Look Back to Past Memorial Day Weekends

With only three weekends left to Memorial Day Weekend, I have to think about where I want to go camping during that long weekend. In recent years I’ve not gone so far from home, just because the black flies are often intense during Memorial Day Weekend, and it can be quite cold and rainy. Here is where I’ve gone in recent years.

2017 – Green Mountain National Forest

This year, I camped at Green Mountain National Forest. I ended up heading home on Sunday because it was increadibly wet and humid, 🌧 and the black flies were atrocious. πŸ› Went for a paddle on Grout Pond on Sunday.🐜

 Flags

 Hmm

 Stratton Mountain From Grout Pond

 Camp

2016 – Green Mountain National Forest

Hot but sunny this year. One morning was foggy. Did a fair bit of swimming at the beach on Grout Pond.πŸ˜… Bugs were bad but overall it was a pretty good trip, quiet because at this point Kelley Stand Road was still closed so I had to go via back way up to this campsite.πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

America

Camp. Not as messy as appears

Down by the Pond

Sure was foggy yesterday

2015 – North Lake in Atwell (Black River Wild Forest)

Camped on the North Lake Reservior this year.πŸ›₯ It was a bit crowded and hot, and the motor boats on the lake were a bit annoying at time. Met some interesting people from outside of Lowville, drunk beer with them late one evening.🍺

Towards Sugar Loaf

Sandy Beach

Flag

2014 – Cherry Ridge Campground in Brookfield

In 2014 I spent Memorial Day Weekend out in Madison County. 🎣I camped at the Cherry Ridge Campground at Charles Baker State Forest, hiked part of the Cazenovia-Canastota Trailway, and did some fishing down at Nelson swamp.πŸ•

Campsite 1 in the Morning

Old Railway Bed Cuts Through Gorge

Making Coffee

2013 – Moose River Plains

The first two days at Moose River Plains in Memorial Day Weekend 2013 was a frigid, cold rain. πŸ‘’It got better for the last two days, one of which I hiked up Black Bear Mountain and the other I hiked out to Ferg’s Bog. I also did some fishing in the Moose River.πŸ”

The Rain Lets Up

Cascade Lake

Wet

2012 – Piseco-Powley Road

In 2012, I spent Memorial Day Weekend camping at Piseco-Powley Road. 🌞 It was a nice weekend, not particularly muddy although hiking back to Big Alder Bed I decided to turn around, as it looked like a torrent trying to cross the East Branch right at the outflow of the Sacanadaga River.πŸ¦‹

Powley Place Bridge on a Sunny Day

West Branch of East Canada Creek