Summer Solstice 2008

This was nearly a week ago, but since I have been on a cyber hiatus and pretty much isolated from all things Internet (including email and blogging), I'm posting this now. Yup. The first day of summer passed us by last Friday evening, marking the longest day and shortest night of the year. What was I doing when the summer solstice arrived on June 20th, just shy of 5:00pm PDT?

Getting ready for a night on the town, Flagstaff style. Not whoop-it-up partying, but an evening which began at the Wine Loft for wine and hors d'oeuvres followed by grub at a cafe elsewhere. Casual, as it should be. At 7000' elevation, the temps were pleasant (where the highs were in the mid-80s, not sure about after sunset tho'). It's a college town of around 60,000 population, so it's no surprise that there were plenty of activity happening downtown. It is also admirable that the downtown plaza (outdoors) is family-friendly with food vendors and a portable movie screen set up for a G-rated film (some animated movie was playing this Friday, "Ratatouille" perhaps?).

So enjoy those BBQs while the daylight still extends late into the day!