And this was how the giant buoy got anchored in the tiny pond
This morning I was thinking it would be cool if there was a website showing conditions at Puffer’s Pond. Water temperature, air temperature, maybe a wind reading.
Then I figured you could probably hack together some kind of home weather station with a cell card and a buoy, and have it “phone in” its data on a regular basis—just check in hourly with a quick blip of data. Then you could build a website to store the data and show stuff like daily temperature curves, a trailing average of temperature at a given time of day over several days, air/water temperature gradient, and maybe start predicting swimming conditions based on current conditions and the weather forecast.
Then I realized what I really wanted was for GoMOOS to plant a buoy in Puffer’s. Is that so wrong?
![[Swinging off a dragger, Cundy's Harbor, Maine, July 4th, 2003]](/images/cundys_harbor.jpg)
Comments
I have swum in Puffer’s after every workout (running or biking) since May 15. The conditions are always great. It is awesome after a long run on the Robert Frost Trail, soaking neck deep and watching the rain drops bounce off the surface. With the weather we’ve been having I don’t even need to take off my shoes. Then it is a nice little jog or ride home and I am ready for work.
Happy trails.
Posted by: Seth | August 2, 2009 8:56 PM