Rest day

In the Tour de France that is. If you cheat that outrageously you need to take a day off every now and again. In related news American national sprint champion Tyson Gay and FOUR Jamaican sprinters have tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.

Lance ALWAYS said he was innocent and clean.  Is anyone going to be surprised by the eventual positive test for Usain Bolt?  Not me.

Here is a view of our backyard this morning after Bastille Day.

That's pretty early morning making for a nice sun angle on the lantern that just isn't going to be available any time later in the day.  And, of course, that paper lantern isn't going to last long out there in the elements.

It's a paper lantern.  It isn't supposed to last very long.

It wasn't a rest day for us.  The day was already hot and muggy by 9:30AM which really meant mostly that it was going to be a lot worse later.  We got out the door shortly before 10.

A south wind and a desire to ride as much as possible in the shade led us down into the big city, across the Marshall Avenue bridge and south to the Falls.  A Monday late morning produces a considerably tamer crowd at the Falls than other crowds we have seen there recently.  The amazing amount of rain we have had AGAIN of late has produced an improbable for July torrent cascading over the limestone ledge.

 The most recent appearances of the Falls on this blog were June 19 and May 7.  In a departure from the ordinary the flow seems greater in June than in May and greater in July than in June.  It has been a strange year.

And despite everything the corn has endeavored to persevere.

She complained that it was still wet in there.

Doesn't that look like my car going down the street?

It was too hot, it was too humid, it was hard.

It was great.