Good evening! Mostly clear and 69 degrees in Delmar, NY. There is a west-northwest breeze at 7 mph. . The dew point is 48 degrees. Nice evening, fairly mild but not humid. It wouldn’t have been a bad thing to head up north but it’s kind of nice no having to deal with traffic or setting up camp.
After a busy day at work, it was nice reading down at the park until around 8:15 when some kind of pool party got started at the pool and they were playing music. So I decided to walk home. Been reading more of the Richard Hofstadter book I was reading last night.
Sitting out back watching a movie about life up in Alaska mainly because I discovered this Alaska Off Grid channel online and its interesting to watch. Beautiful country for sureThe bugs were bad tonight until I put on a little DEET. I also was watching Wrangler Star try to burn out a stump quite unsuccessfully.
Tonight will be clear , with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11pm. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 58 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1951.
Tonight will have a Waxing Crescent Moon with 37% illuminated with the moon setting at 12:29 am. The moon will set at 1:00 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Sunday night with a mostly cloudy then chance of showers skies. The Strawberry Moon is on Sunday, June 16th. The sun will rise at 5:17 am with the first light at 4:43 am, which is 16 seconds earlier than yesterday. Tonight will have 8 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 52 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be sunny , with a high of 81 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 26th. But not a drop out humidity. Maximum dew point of 49 at 7am. North wind 7 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 2011.
Tomorrow I plan to volunteer in the National Trails Day then maybe hike up Bennett Hill before going out to my parents house for Sunday dinner on Saturday. Going to a beautiful, low humidity day for sure.
Looking ahead to Sunday, sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Maximum dew point of 53 at 7pm. Typical average high for the weekend is 76 degrees.
Sunday I’ll probably do the Gas Up and then go shopping and wash my truck. Maybe go over to John Wolcott’s house but we’ll see. Only so many hours in the day. I want to have time to prepare things at home for a busy week at work that’s coming up.
I’m on call this weekend and I may have to work next weekend but so be it. Still twelve weekends until Labor Day Weekend so lots of summer is left. I might do more long weekends this summer for camping rather than just weekend trips all of the time, so fewer packing and unpacking but more nights in the wilderness. I’m tired of the same adventures every day, looking to do new and different things this summer while keeping within my fairly constrained but future focused budget.
In four weeks on July 5 the sun will be setting at 8:36 pm, which is 5 minutes and 5 seconds later then tonight. In 2018 on that day, we had hot, humid, mostly sunny, thunderstorm and temperatures between 92 and 75 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 82 and 61 degrees. The record high of 99 degrees was set back in 1919.
Looking ahead, Flag Day is in 1 weeks, Dog Days of Summer is in 4 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins is in 12 weeks and Columbus Day is in 4 months.
I should get to bed early as I need to get an early start tomorrow for the trail work day, followed by some hiking later on.
Your phone company may start blocking robocalls without your needing to ask for it. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission passed a ruling that allows and encourages phone companies to block robocalls by default. "We think these actions will help consumers in the near term and the long term to get the peace and the quiet that they deserve," said FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
I think pets are such a nuisance, especially in the cities due to pet waste being everywhere. If they raised license fees on dogs and cats, and made it a felony to have an unlicensed pet, then there would be less dog shit on the sidewalks and our planet would be a healthier place for all.
They studied two different groups of people—381 in the first sample and 417 in a second batch to try to replicate their results. They gave the first sample a survey that tested how conservative or liberal their political beliefs were. Radicalism exists on both ends of the spectrum; the people at the furthest extremes of left and right are considered “radical.” After taking the questionnaire, the first group did a simple test: they looked at two different clusters of dots and quickly identified which group had more dots. Then they rated how confident they were in their choice. People with radical political opinions completed this exercise with pretty much the same accuracy as moderate participants. But “after incorrect decisions, the radicals were less likely to decrease their confidence,” Fleming says.
. The dew point is 48 degrees. Nice evening, fairly mild but not humid. It wouldn’t have been a bad thing to head up north but it’s kind of nice no having to deal with traffic or setting up camp.
So I decided to walk home. Been reading more of the Richard Hofstadter book 
I was reading last night.
Beautiful country for sureThe bugs were bad tonight until I put on a little DEET. I also was watching Wrangler Star try to burn out a stump quite unsuccessfully.
, with a low of 53 degrees at 5am. One degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around June 5th. Maximum dew point of 50 at 11pm. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. In 2018, we had mostly clear skies. It got down to 58 degrees. The record low of 38 occurred back in 1951.
with 37% illuminated with the moon setting at 12:29 am. The moon will set at 1:00 am. The First Quarter Moon is on Sunday night with a mostly cloudy then chance of showers skies. The Strawberry Moon 
is on Sunday, June 16th. The sun will rise at 5:17 am with the first light at 4:43 am, which is 16 seconds earlier than yesterday. 
Tonight will have 8 hours and 46 minutes of darkness, a decrease of 52 seconds over last night.
, with a high of 81 degrees at 4pm. Five degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around June 26th. But not a drop out humidity. Maximum dew point of 49 at 7am. North wind 7 to 9 mph. A year ago, we had mostly sunny skies in the morning with a few breaks of sun the afternoon. The high last year was 80 degrees. The record high of 93 was set in 2011.
then maybe hike up Bennett Hill before going out to my parents house for Sunday dinner on Saturday. Going to a beautiful, low humidity day for sure.
and then go shopping and wash my truck. Maybe go over to John Wolcott’s house but we’ll see. Only so many hours in the day. I want to have time to prepare things at home for a busy week at work that’s coming up.
and I may have to work next weekend but so be it. Still twelve weekends until Labor Day Weekend so lots of summer is left. I might do more long weekends this summer for camping rather than just weekend trips all of the time, so fewer packing and unpacking but more nights in the wilderness. 
I’m tired of the same adventures every day, looking to do new and different things this summer while keeping within my fairly constrained but future focused budget. 
is in 1 weeks, Dog Days of Summer 
is in 4 weeks, Labor Day Weekend Begins 
is in 12 weeks and Columbus Day 
is in 4 months.
followed by some hiking later on. 
