At the 5 o’clock commute hour, we are at 69 degrees and partly sunny. Nice evening, look for sunset around 6:50 PM.

There is 11:50 of night tonight and 12:10 of daylight tomorrow. While on paper the first day of fall the length of day should be 12 hours, the way the sun interacts with the atmosphere makes the sun rise and set later a little earlier and later than one would expect. September 26th will be the first night that is longer than day.

Traffic is moving slowly heading out of Albany. It’s Rush Hour but nobody seems to be in a rush getting out of the city, either heading northbound or southbound on 787. If you’re stuck in traffic, just be glad you’re out of work for the day on this last day of summer. It’s the daily grind. Can’t do anything about it.

At this point it’s tough to get down to the park after work, but I still might go down to the park. I can stay for a while after dark and it’s a nice walk. I don’t necessarily want to go to the library tonight. One of these days I need to go to Glenmont Car Wash and clean the mud off my truck. I also need to vacuum out my truck and clean off the interior of the windshield.