At the Papago Park Boundary Sculpture at daybreak on the longest day of the year:
I knew about the shadows on the solstice day, but didn't understand the tree portion of the installation until seeing this aerial photo (and others):
Now off to the Central Library for solar noon.
Sunday, June 2 was America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride around Lake Tahoe, through California and Nevada. Beautiful weather, nice ride, and always one of the best days of the year. I achieved my personal goal for 2013, which was not to get into a snit (or be on the receiving end of one) going up the switchbacks to the top of Emerald Bay. Set achievable goals, I usually say.
Then on Saturday, June 9, was the 2013 Bike MS Ride the Riverside, sponsored by the National Capital Chapter, in National Harbor, Maryland. I did the 60 mile ride with my team Babes and Babe Magnets on Bikes (yes--an even more embarrassing team name than Lymphomaniacs!) which included a former US Ambassador, a future (we hope no filibuster!) US Ambassador, a future Navy admiral and commander of US naval forces in the Korean Peninsula, and a former congressman (ho hum). I borrowed a bike but forgot my shoes, leading to a last-minute shopping trip (but I like my new shoes better than the ones I forgot, so not all is a sunk cost). Yes, I rode 60 miles wearing the world's ugliest bicycle jersey and a pink flamingo on my helmet.
And although I hit everybody up already for LLS and you don't have to contribute again, if you want to do a disease-of-the-week double, here's the link to contribute to the National MS Society via my page.
