Sunset Times …

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Sunset Times …

  • Albany – 4:24 pm
  • Allegheny National Forest – 4:47 pm, 23 minutes later then Albany
  • Blenheim, NY – 4:27 pm, 3 minutes later then Albany
  • Dolly Sods, WV – 4:58 pm, 34 minutes later then Albany
  • Fox Lair – 4:22 pm, 2 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Kelly Stand, VT – 4:15 pm, 9 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Massena – 4:20 pm, 4 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Moose River Plains – 4:24 pm
  • Montauk – 4:22 pm, 2 minutes earlier then Albany
  • Jamestown – 4:47 pm, 24 minutes later then Albany
  • Staten Island – 4:32 pm, 8 minutes later then Albany
  • Syracuse – 4:32 pm, 8 minutes later then Albany

Good Evening – December 20, 2021

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Good evening! Out in Madison County for the next few days. ⛺

Nice evening not too cold for winter camping. Tonight is beautiful with a lot of stars ✨ and the full cold moon 🌕.

Mostly clear and 28 degrees at the Stoney Pond State Forest. There is a south-southwest breeze at 9 mph. 🍃. Things will start to thaw out at Wednesday around 10 am. 🌡️

I am off this week from work 🏡 as I needed to either use the time or loose it at the end of the year. ⏳ I wasn’t sure what my plans were but for a while I was having problems with both the camp stove and the heater – ran some bad fuel or more likely dirt through them. Warmed both up inside, cleaned various parts using soap and water and been running both hard trying to burn off the carbon/propane gelling.

Driving out to Madison County I was a bit concerned with all the ice on the trees 🎄 but it was mostly just a dusting of snow 🌨 and a little ice as I got past Sangerfield. The road to camp has a dusting of snow and maybe some light icing but not too bad. The hill isn’t that steep on the road.

I don’t really have a big set plan 📜, I can stay here until Thursday without a permit but I might drive home on Wednesday depending on how cold and snowy it turns out to be.

Also depends on how reliable the heater and stove turn out to be, ♨ though things are definitely getting better after running them and cleaning them. I hate to waste propane – at $4 a gallon – but I’d rather get my equipment running good again and running it hot and long seems to be burning out the clogs. But it might use up my propane early.

Ride Sharing Should Be Carpooling

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I hate the euthanasism of ride sharing – which is a limousine service that is  dispatched by a phone app. 

Real ride sharing is called carpooling. Already many government agencies offer hotlines and provide park and ride lots for carpooling. There should be better apps for carpooling because apps would be a great way for people to meet who are heading the same direction and could share a ride. Meet new friends, save gas, reduce traffic and pollution. 

Ideally a carpool app would be linked into government databases at the DMV to ensure people are meeting up with safe drivers and that passengers and drivers aren’t violent criminals. While administering such a database and credentialing drivers and passengers wouldn’t be free, it would be in the public’s interest to make such a service  free for the public to use. 

A publicly run app based  carpooling service, using GPS tracking and with proper credentialing of drivers and riders would be a very good step forward for every state to adapt.