the GOT bike

 I thought about ending this post's title with "ever" or "yet", but I don't want to make the prediction that either of those additions would entail. "Ever" means all time, both past, present, and future, and who knows, I might go even longer some day, while "yet" suggests I will do that, and I not making that commitment either. Suffice it to say, eighteen and three-quarter hours was a long time outside. (Sorry, still no photos, so use your imagination: Mount Ranier on the distant horizon, looking across six empty lanes of Route 520 from the adjoining trail on the bridge crossing Lake Washington. In my photos, Ranier fades into the clouds more than it truly did, so imagination may serve better!) Those keeping track will note the solstice was five days ago. No, I haven't been sleeping in recovery ever since, but while waiting didn't connect me with a computer to upload photos, it did give more time for reflection on my solstice in ...