Good evening! Clear and chilly around 55 degrees at the Perkins Clearing. ☔ There is a northwest breeze at 10 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 47 degrees. That breeze along with the dampness of the rain earlier make it kind of chilly.

I did lay back in the hammock for a bit until I decided it was getting cold and I put my jeans, 👖, hoodie and vest on. I don’t think I was fully prepared for how chilly this evening would be after the rain shower and strong winds pushed through followed by the rainbow 🌈. Stars ✨ are real pretty now that I’ve cut the lights for the night 🌃 but it’s cold so after sitting by the fire 🔥 for a while I hit bed in the truck.

While this campsite ⛺ is quite beautiful 🗻 it is very exposed to the weather. Sunny days are hot. The wind is always quite strong here. 💨 It’s a great place to be cold and get a sunburn. A few of the days working under the screen tent 🎪 may have pleasant but they sure where hot.

It was nice hiking 🚶 through logging roads down from Mud Pond Road to NY 30, through mixed age woods and some more recently cut areas. Part of the less used part of the logging road was a bit muddy but the recent cut areas are well maintained. 🌲🌲🌲Definitely see a lot of grassland birds including grouse that are relatively uncommon in other parts of the Adirondacks. Seeing the pig rock 🐽 up close was neat – I’ve only driven by it before and while I’m not sure if Jessup River under NY 30 has currently enough water to paddle 🚣 it looks like good fishing 🎣. More photos to come when I get home.

I am afraid my love 😍 of apple juice 🍏 as an alternative to beer 🍻 due to the recycling returns ♻ restrictions due to Coronavirus caught up with my after dinner in the sense I had to run to the bucket shitter 💩 twice after dinner. That plus the greasy sausage patty despite the cheese and sauce toping did not help. At least mornings are nicer with no hang over. 😖 Feeling fine now but I was hot and I pounded the apple juice rather than the water 💦 when I got back to camp.

Tonight will have a slight chance of showers before 11pm. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 46 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around May 14th. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2019, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 53 degrees. The record low of 37 occurred back in 1958.

Tonight will have a Full 🌝 Moon with 97% illuminated. The moon will rise at 9:51 pm. Late enough for some star viewing ✨ before the moons light pollution drowns out everything. The darkest hour is at 12:57 am, followed by dawn at 4:43 am, and sun starting to rise at 5:18 am in the east-northeast (57°) and last for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Sunrise is 19 seconds earlier than yesterday. 🌄 The golden hour ends at 6:01 am with sun in the east-northeast (64°). Tonight will have 8 hours and 40 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 57 seconds over last night.

Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 65 degrees at 3pm. 11 degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around May 2nd. North wind around 10 mph. A year ago, we had light rain in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 82 degrees. The record high of 95 was set in 1999.

I am still kind of ruminating about the loss of Eli the family dog 🐶 I hadn’t seen in weeks due to the pandemic. I knew he wasn’t doing all that well and he was getting old for a dog but it just bothers me a lot about so much of the world 🌍 keeps moving on while we social distance. Virtual life isn’t the same as human contact. I should call 📞 mom again on Monday. I’m probably going to camp for one or two more nights at a different campsite and work up here for a few days before heading home. I’d still like to do some shore fishing 🎣 at Mason Lake.

In four weeks on July 4 the sun will be setting in the west-northwest (303°) at 8:41 pm,🌄 which is 5 minutes and 56 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had hot and humid weather, mostly sunny and temperatures between 91 and 66 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 104 degrees was set back in 1911.

Looking ahead, Summer ️⛱️ is in 2 weeks.