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Bucket malfunction, but it’s definitely raining.

raining in the bronx

I'm no arborist, but I'm pretty sure there will be a shit ton of leaves down this time tomorrow. Gutters cleaned, check. storm drain cleaned, check. spare propane tank for grill filled, check. I'm ready. bring it on. caveat, I think my rain sensor isn't functioning.

The maples surrounding my backyard turned yellow, but muted by brown. back at the dam yesterday for reference.

I’d say shitty, but we’ll know soon enough. In my backyard, the maples aren’t producing. There is some yellow sporadically but even that is dull. Japanese maple hasn’t turned yet and neither have the oaks.

Not much color at the croton dam. Mostly green except from some areas of drab brown

38f in croton.

46f here already. Laid a fire in the stove for tomorrow morning.

Not a drop here.

You can do Lincoln peak on a powde r day but you really have to know how to play it. I start off the on the super bravo, then head over to heavens gate starting on the trails and then into paradise woods. Do laps there for a couple hours, then head over to north lynx via the gate house. Then go through the woods to castlerock where the lift line is generally manageable by that time. If it’s not, head back up north lynx to slidebrook and take the bus on German flats either back to Lincoln peak or over to mt Ellen. i think the issues with the northridge quad were resolved a few seasons ago after a particularly bad winter when they replaced the electronics on the lift. Also, Vermont adaptive is planning a big addition to the base lodge at mount Ellen which will result in a significant expansion of the public areas too. Not sure when that is due to happen.

Crickets. I picked up a whopping .06" the other day to bring the monthly total to to 1.06". Trails are bone dry. Been noticing a large volume of acorns, for what that's worth. Its really been a pleasure having the windows open and ac off in the house.

Its still called Black Diamond. Great narrow steep rocky trail.

I'm at an even inch for the month so far.

43f here

Surprising .26” here overnight into this morning.

.4" yesterday to start the month off right.

That’s how Ithaca was when I was there 30 years ago but now it’s gentrified with a bunch of new hotels, restaurants breweries and what not. Still not the hamptons or anything, but nice.

Why is that? Do they have ownership of their enterprises in religious non profit entities? i don’t know anything about the underlying economics of the region but those small towns appear to be in good shape as opposed to the Catskills region where the towns look like Appalachia.

Natural beauty but also the finger lake towns are really nice too. The little ones, not the cities.

biking in the woods around me there are definitely leaves coming down. I have some white birch trees at my house and their leaves are changing already.

Exactly. I’ve biked shindigsn hollow in Ithaca a bunch of times as well as a few places around bgm where my son went to school. Car is stuffed with her gear. If i have any free time, and I should, I’ll hike a gorge, preferably the one at Treman state park. They’re all spectacular, but treman, I think, has the best trail setup. Pics below from my last visit in June. Up to .63” here and 4.24” on the month.

75/74 here with light rain. .32” in the bucket. i decided at about 3:30 to leave the Bronx and head home for a bike ride. In the clear until Hawthorne where skies blackened. By the time I hit briarcliff it was pouring. So I waited it out and rode at 5. Little soupy and wet but a good ride nonetheless. driving to Ithaca tomorrow and looking forward to some nice dry cool weather.

are you looking at kayaking from annseville circle? note that there is also a rental place at the croton train station to kayak on the croton river. also one at croton point park but not sure thats operating on weekdays. anywhere along the peekskill waterfront would be a great vantage point for storms. radar looks like something coming through now and then clearing thereafter.

I only got .03” the other day but at 3.58” for the month.

And I got barely Anything here. Looked good on radar