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Happy Earth Day!

Going to be a beautiful day for riding to work. Carrot pancakes, need to stop at Hannaford to get bananas on the way in as a snack as I’ve not been shopping this week. Felt good to toss that empty plastic milk bottle in the trash on Earth Day knowing soon enough I’ll get it burnt, lol. Makes an excellent fire starter. Gotta celebrate Vladmir Lennin’s birthday with a little black smoke, as you turn the dirt with your plow or spreading manure on this Earth Day.

Good morning! Mostly sunny and 39 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a northwest breeze at 9 mph. . Temperatures will drop below freezing at tomorrow around 3 am.

Didn’t get a real early start as when I first awoke I had a bit of nausea like I had been spinning. But once I finally got out of bed, got some coffee and carrot pancakes in me I was feeling better. I think I just have a bad case of the Monday’s. I am looking forward to the ride to work today, going to be a nice day. The weekend was cloudy, colder and wetter then expected but I had a lot of fun in the woods and a nice fire , rode some trail and went for a nice five mile hike at Huyck Preserve.

Today will be sunny , with a high of 55 degrees at 5pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around April 7th. Northwest wind around 10 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies. The high last year was 68 degrees. The record high of 86 was set in 1985. 1.0 inches of snow fell back in 1928.

Going to stop on the way to work and get some bananas and apples at Hannaford Got to fuel up for the busy week ahead, and I like having lots of fresh fruits and veggies to snack on when I’m in the office. On the bike ride home I will stop and get more onions and frozen fruit and veggies, and try to use up what I have around the apartment rather then doing a full grocery shop until at least Wednesday, as I want to get down to the park after work to walk and read. ️ I figure why fire up Red and spend a bunch of money on groceries when I have a fair amount bar the fruit and vegetables, which I can pick up riding to and from work. Also need to get more milk at Stewart’s. I know more plastic!

Solar noon is at 12:54 pm with sun having an altitude of 59.8° from the due south horizon (-11.1° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 3.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour starts at 7:07 pm with the sun in the west-northwest (282°). The sunset is in the west-northwest (288°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 7:46 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 2 seconds with dusk around 8:15 pm, which is one minute and 8 seconds later than yesterday. At dusk you’ll see the Full Moon in the east-southeast (119°) at an altitude of 16° from the horizon, 250,219 miles away. The best time to look at the stars is after 8:52 pm. At sunset, look for clear skies and temperatures around 51 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 13 hours and 46 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 40 seconds over yesterday.

I think it’s interesting how the greenies this year are focusing on single use plastics on Earth Day. Gets a little bit silly but I think they needed a new issue as they got their climate legislation through on the state level but only time will tell what the effect is beyond using a lot of farm land and forest for massive solar farms. I’d be more concerned about the really toxic things in garbage today like all the electronics commonly discarded. Or all the wasted building materials not the silly little plastic water bottles that are a tiny part of waste production made out of the least toxic forms of plastic – polyethylene. I really should get milk delivery set up with Meadow Brook but it’s a pain having to call as they don’t have a website, and at least in the winter months I do recycle most of the discarded Stewart’s milk bottles. I wish they still had milk in glass for less trash like Byrne Dairy does. I don’t drink as much milk as I once did since getting into healthy eating, preferring to drink more water from the tap, but I still think those milk bottles take up much too much room in the trash or the recycle when so inclined.

Tonight will be clear , with a low of 31 degrees at 4am. Nine degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around April 1st. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight. In 2023, we had thunderstorm in the evening, which became light rain by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 43 degrees. The record low of 26 occurred back in 1975.

First half of the weekend looks decent Saturday, partly sunny, with a high near 62. Maximum dew point of 41 at 4pm. Not too bad but certainly can change. Sunday, a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Maximum dew point of 53 at 3pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 65 degrees. It is what it is, good I got out last weekend.

I am not opposed to doing a three-day weekend and heading up to the Adirondacks but only f the weather looks good. It would be nice to spend some time in the wilderness, have a good fire and ride trail or explore the back country before black flies are out in mass, but only if the weather ain’t shit. I kind of want to wait until things green up before heading out to Schoharie County to camp, and eat fresh ramps I found in the woods, and ride the Catskill Scenic Trail from Stamford to Bloomville and back again, enjoying the colors of spring and the smell of all that freshly turned dirt. Maybe that will be Mother’s Day Weekend.

Looking ahead, there are 9 weeks until Latest Sunset when the sun will be setting at 8:38 pm with dusk at 9:12 pm. On that day in 2023, we had partly cloudy and temperatures between 86 and 61 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 82 degrees. We hit a record high of 96 back in 1943.

I found the perfect property yesterday … except for that one little dealbreaker

Ironically, not one I drove by but one I found on Zillow that had been by years ago on my back-roads explorations, and dirt cheap at $90k. But just a little bit too far away from work, and it was on Travis Hill, which is steep probably isn’t well maintained in the winter. But I loved everything else about it — 6 1/2 acres of land, no close neighbors, a simple 1,050 square foot beam-foundation cabin with a central wood stove and also back up oil heat, shower, flush toilet, well, septic, and electricity. But probably the price had to do with the location and that the inside needs a bit of cleaning and repair. I do wish something like that could be what I called home.

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Sunny and 13 degrees in Delmar, NY. Calm wind. Things will start to thaw out at around noontime. Hopefully the final last real cold day of the year. At least that’s my hope as I want to keep the heat off for the season, especially with all the air leaks in my apartment. I don’t mind the cold but the pipes can’t freeze.

Today it’s off to Walmart to get groceries and then some cleaning, and maybe a short bike ride before going out to see the folks this morning. Then this afternoon, I’m hoping to visit with my friend from Boy Scouts who has that beautiful homestead out near Greenville, and learn whatever insight I can from him.

Today will be sunny , with a high of 39 degrees at 4pm. Typical for today. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had light snow in the morning, which became snow by afternoon. The high last year was 21 degrees. The record high of 70 was set in 2017. 16.8 inches of snow fell back in 1966.

Going to be a nice day for driving around and looking at property. I hope to learn a lot. After discovering that cabin on Zillow the other day, I’m starting to explore the pros and cons of having something constructed like that for me, but smaller. I don’t need a second floor, really a single room with a stove, oven, sink, woodstove, table, rocking chair and bed plus a bathroom would really be what I need. Less stuff to clean or maintain. I like the idea of a beam-foundation cabin, as it’s less expensive then a full basement, provides easier access for maintance of pipes, though you have to worry more about pipes freezing, animals burrowing underneath plus sufficient insulation to keep the cold from coming on up.

Solar noon is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 38.1° from the due south horizon (-32.7° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 7.6 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour starts at 5:01 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (252°). The sunset is in the west-southwest (258°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 5:40 pm after setting for 2 minutes and 58 seconds with dusk around 6:07 pm, which is one minute and 15 seconds later than yesterday. The best time to look at the stars is after 6:41 pm. At sunset, look for partly clear skies and temperatures around 37 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 11 hours and 4 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Just another Sunday, Funday. I wish I could find my dream property right away, but I concede it’s going to take time. I got the Albany County back taxes list, and I am going to link it to the NYS Property Tax Database, to see if there is any interesting parcels with back taxes. Maybe I can find an abandoned homestead and house that way, one that hasn’t gone to the land bank, but maybe I can find the owner and make some kind of deal. Then back to work on Monday.

Tonight will have a slight chance of sleet before midnight, then a slight chance of snow showers and sleet between midnight and 1am, then a chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy , with a low of 28 degrees at 3am. Seven degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 21st. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2023, we had light snow in the evening, which became partly cloudy by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 16 degrees. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1950.

Hopefully just one more day that I’ll need the heat on. Maybe tomorrow will be warm enough to open up windows and let some fresh air into my moldy, dusty apartment. I don’t pay much for the heat because I keep it so low, but I like the fresh air and I don’t like things excessively warm, especially with my heated blanket. Plus with all the air leaks in my apartment, whenever the heat does kick on, it gets excessively warm, especially in the bathroom. So I’ll be happy when it’s done for the year. I’m just hoping to be out of here by the end of the year.

As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Daylight Savings Time when the sun will be setting at 6:57 pm with dusk at 7:24 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2023, we had partly cloudy, snow showers and temperatures between 44 and 20 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 43 degrees. We hit a record high of 72 back in 1977.

To ride the Erie Canalway in Madison County today

For many the extra hours is a chance to sleep in but I look at it as another hour to ride and explore the Erie Canalway today.

Good morning! Happy Sunday. Cloudy and 44 degrees at the Stoney Pond State Forest. Calm wind. Nice morning now that the rain showers have pulled away.

Started my morning with frying onions, spinach, garlic and peppers. And making eggs, dumping cinnamon rather than chipotle on them but actually I kind of liked the warm note the cinnamon gave to the eggs . Experimenting isn’t a bad thing even if it’s driven by your half awake body. Coffee is good, with the intended cinnamon and ginger in it, lol .

Bit cooler this morning then last night with the breeze picking up after that little clipper front came through delivering rain showers early on keeping me mostly in the truck bed until closer to six though around five I got up and visited the bucket shitter . Eating breakfast this morning I watched a gray squirrel run up the tree across the way and wonder why I wasn’t sitting next to my 22. Probably shouldn’t be shooting in a campground at any rate, especially as there are people camping down the way by the lake, but we used to shoot up here back in the day with the boys when I was working down in Nelson. Those were the days. I was surprised that others are camping but they’re a ½ mile away and out of ear shot. Except maybe from a gun.

Today will have a chance of showers, mainly before 8am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny , with a high of 46 degrees at 1pm. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around November 23rd. Light west wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chantce of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies. The high last year was 76 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1994. 3.0 inches of snow fell back in 1894.

Heading down to Chittenango to explore the Chittenango Landing Musuem, and ride the Erie Canalway west to Green Lakes area and then go west to Canastota. I was originally going to park in Canastota as I thought it was closer but I think I’d rather explore the other part of the trail as it seems more interesting. The Oneida – Canastota section pretty much just runs along the road that I’ve driven a million times when I was working up this way.

I could stop at the Aldi’s in Canastota this afternoon but I think I’m fairly set on overpriced groceries after visiting the Richmond Springs Price Chopper. It actually wasn’t that bad but I skipped getting peppers and broccoli there as they were absurdly expensive. I skipped getting gas in Sharon Springs for $3.54 a gallon and was raked over the coals for gas at $3.79 in Richfield Springs but I wasn’t messing around this time as I almost ran out of gas driving down to Binghamton two weeks ago. Figured better just get r dun. It’s stupid to stress over $4 when your putting $80 in your truck. I got black sweet grapes at Price Chopper hoping to capture some of that sweet flavor of the concord grapes I got last week at Annuto’s. Lol. Nope, maybe 20%, of the sweetness. Tomorrow I’ll probably check out the fancy Caz Aldi’s though.

Solar noon is at 11:47 am with sun having an altitude of 31.5° from the due south horizon (-39° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 9.8 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour starts at 4:11 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (242°). The sunset is in the west-southwest (249°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 4:52 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 7 seconds with dusk around 5:20 pm, which is one minute and 13 seconds earlier than yesterday. The best time to look at the stars is after 5:55 pm. Time change gets you! At sunset, look for partly clear skies and temperatures around 42 degrees. There will be a northwest breeze at 9 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 9 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 28 seconds over today.

Night is going to come quickly that’s why I am getting an early start and have gathered firewood up for later. This way it will have time to dry and I fully expect tonight I’ll be rolling back to camp about sunset after riding the bulk of the day. Should be more sun later plus I get an extra hour with the time change. Need to shave, change and load my bike up but for now it’s nice by the heater.

Tonight will be mostly cloudy , with a low of 33 degrees at 6am. Two degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around November 10th. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm. In 2022, we had mostly clear skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It became somewhat humid as the night progressed. It got down to 67 degrees. Very mild night for November last year. I think I was in West Virginia then. The record low of 15 occurred back in 1951.

Yesterday was a fun day, especially riding back down Tassel Hill once I found the trail. Some of those drops on the single track trail with the hairpin switchbacks were a blast on the mountain bike. Nothing technical or jumps just a lot of fun. That said parts of the lower trail weren’t well marked leading me to have to stop and sear he for the trail a few times.

Then I rode along the old Chenango Canal Towpath trail to the northern end or at least as far as I could go before downed trees blocked the northern end a bit past the substation. The northern end isn’t that impressive, it’s a ditch and a towpath along the County Highway known as Canal Road. Kind of rough and slow going on the grass, took the county highway back. I then rode down to Woodman Pond where there was a ton of geese. Nice section of the trail there though they resurfaced the old towpath there with fairly course gravel which made for more difficult riding.

Got to Stoney Pond by around 4:15 pm and I was disappointed to arrive to the campsite I like and find a construction bag full of garbage and more garbage dumped in the woods. Got the mess picked upand seperated out the deposit cans, and gathered firewood for the night. It was a beautiful night but dark, came so quickly by though. Very mild in the low fifties with a calm wind. This morning is cooler. Really wasn’t much garbage left by the time that rip roaring fire was done, the scraps of aluminum and cans I’ll take home crushed and recycle .

One month from now will be Repeal of Prohibition Day when the sun will be setting at 4:30 pm with dusk at 5:00 pm. I don’t drink the way I used to due to health reasons but an occasional drink isn’t a bad thing, especially a real high quality brew.

Fifties at night, seventies in the day

Its been amazing weather even though most of the leaves are done in the High Country but also quite quiet without the crowds. And it doesn’t get dark until around seven here but the mornings are quite dark too. But I’m enjoying it.

Good morning! No idea on the day lol, I’m on vacation. Those camel milkmen with their fast letdown can do their thing without me commenting. Partly cloudy and 56 degrees in Canaan Heights, WV. There is a south breeze at 7 mph. . No need for the propane heater either this morning or even last night.

Today will be partly sunny , with a high of 70 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around September 27th. Maximum dew point of 55 at 5pm. South wind 7 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies. It was somewhat humid. The high last year was 73 degrees. The record high of 77 was set in 1963. There was a dusting of snow in 2005.

Going to be another absolutely beautiful day in West Virginia today. Riding my bike about 7 miles along the Canaan Loop Road today to the Table Rock trail, which is a mile further to a scenic rock ledge high above the Red Run and across from Mozart Mountain with the Otter Creek wilderness in the distance. Photos at some point but probably not today, see the next paragraph lol. I could drive the road but it’s narrow and steep and probably rough – and I figure I would likely see far more on the bicycle where I can stop wherever without worries of leaving my truck parked on a blind curve. Alternating driving and bicycling slash hiking from camp every other day.

I wouldn’t mind getting back to camp fairly early mid afternoon and laying back in the hammock and reading for a while. Just some quiet time in the wilderness. There is so little traffic on the road and I need some down time on my vacation. Then maybe around dusk, like after dinner, I’ll ride up to the top of Canaan Heights and watch the sun set as I ride back to camp.

I haven’t done so good uploading photos to the blog this week as often my cell service is weak and it requires a better signal then on Facebook. I have posted a lot more on Facebook and will post more when I get back home. Same thing with blog updates. I’ve been busy and cell service is so patchy. I was surprised that even in the village of Davis I have only one or two bars off service and it’s not reliable for uploads.

Solar noon is at 12:40 pm with sun having an altitude of 35.4° from the due south horizon (-35.5° vs. 6/21). A six foot person will cast a 8.5 foot shadow today compared to 2.2 feet on the first day of summer. The golden hour starts at 5:50 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (248°). The sunset is in the west-southwest (254°) with the sun dropping below the horizon at 6:29 pm after setting for 3 minutes and 1 seconds with dusk around 6:57 pm, which is one minute and 27 seconds earlier than yesterday. At dusk you’ll see the Full Moon in the east-southeast (115°) at an altitude of 19° from the horizon, 227,069 miles away. The best time to look at the stars is after 7:01 pm. At sunset, look for mostly cloudy skies and temperatures around 68 degrees. The dew point will be 55 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 8 mph. Tomorrow will have 10 hours and 38 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 2 minutes and 40 seconds over today.

Yesterday rode all around Blackwater State Park, the Blackwater River single track from WV 32 to the park, looped back through the village and did the part of Camp 70 Road not in the Little Canaan WMA. While Camp 70 Road is closed to bikes for the season, due to hunting season. Lots of great views l my other camera. Colors are faded but the views from the park and Lindy Point was great. Sat down at the river front park, and then got a few supplies and head back to camp .

The only grocery shopping options within 35 miles of Davis is Shop and Save Express and Dollar General – that is roads with many hairpin turns, no matter which direction you go – Keyser WV, Oakland MD and Elkins WV are the nearest towns with a full size supermarket each about equidistant from Davis. Surprisingly though Shop and Save Express may be small by modern standards (1/3rd size of the Greenville Tops) but it’s clean, modern, decent selection with lots of produce and reasonable prices. In general, groceries are a fair bit cheaper in West Virginia then the same in New York. Certainly much better than what you would find in the Adirondacks. Got the milk, ice, paper towels and coffee I needed so so I wouldn’t run out before the trip is done.

Last night was a beautiful moon lit evening. Rode about 7 miles round trip on gravel then back another 1/2 miles on the Allegheny Trail to one of the sods, turned off the light and looked at the stars for a while. It was a great evening, stayed up to half past ten which is super late for me but the mornings are super dark in West Virginia.

When I got back I fried up pumpkin – oatmeal biscuits with lots of pumpkin spice and ginger which was a nice treat to end the day. Laid back for a while in the hammock before retiring to sleep for the night.

Tonight will be mostly clesr , with a low of 46 degrees at 6am. 15 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around September 16th. Maximum dew point of 54 at 6pm. South wind around 6 mph. In 2022, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It was humid. It got down to 58 degrees. The record low of 20 occurred back in 1952.

In 1962, in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Adlai Stevenson shows photos at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council proving that Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba. Sounds like scary times.

I tell you all day yesterday with all that garlic and onion rice I was blowing up bathrooms left and right. I kind of overdid the spices on that one but it tasted so good when I was tired and hungry last night after drinking a beer. Oh well I’m on vacation. I sought out porta potties rather than inside toilets for just that reason. It was fine and now I’m over it.

Right now, a split verdict on the weekend. Saturday, rain showers in the morning then becoming sunnier sunny, with a high near 69. Maximum dew point of 62 at 11am. Sunday, showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 60%. But by then I’ll be back in Penna on my way back home. Typical average high for the weekend is 57 degrees.

I am thinking Asaph Run campground on Saturday night and then riding as much of the Pine Creek Rail Trail I can before I have to leave, probably by around two. Which will become three. But the thing is I will be tired by then and with the early sunset and deer in rut I don’t want to drive too much in the pitch black. I have clothes set out for work on Monday so I should be good on that front. Of course it depends on how wet Sunday turns out to be. I’m fine with driving in the rain but biking in the rain is less fun. Plus driving in the rain after dark is something I would like to avoid.

Looking ahead, next Wednesday is Average High is 55 when the sun will be setting at 5:50 pm with dusk at 6:18 pm. Not many more days of riding the bike home from work. On that day in 2022, we had partly sunny skies, and quite warm, with mist in the morning and temperatures between 69 and 54 degrees. Albany hit a record high of 78 back in 1950.