A slightly hazy start & mostly clear skies make for a beautiful sunrise day!

Another chilly morning for long sleeves & gloves… with a crisp wind blowing in with crazy cool clouds for some morning drama! Always fun when the waves are crashing in all around… where timing is everything… kinda makes the sunrise photo shoot more like a lakefront game!!!

While Wednesday morning was quite a different story… much warmer with crazy cool calico-colored clouds! After a long stretch of cloud-free skies, Wednesday brought in a wonderful surprise sunrise… followed by rain! Which is all good… my garden plants were very happy! And we got THIS!!!

Another morning with totally clear skies… not a cloud to be found anywhere! Just a beautiful orange sky… and a lighthouse structure to play with! Gotta love a good morning bike ride with some silhouette fun!

I hate to say it… but I kinda want some clouds!!! Enough of these “perfect” cloud-free mornings. Sure, they’re pretty and all… but I prefer the morning drama of a good cloud being splashed with sunrise color! Enough of this “perfect” stuff…

Okay, so there was one high-point… a group of sunrise runners out there celebrating someone’s birthday – complete with party hats while they ran by!

What a beautiful day… blue skies & the feeling of “freedom” all day on my bike! At least until you get to this sign… that makes me laugh EVERY time!!! Yes, the bike trail LITERALLY stops right there!!! Dead end. No more cement. Done. But if you know how to navigate around it, you can easily make it all the way to Waukegan in time for lunch & ice cream! Of course, after several stops along the way… especially for all of the Fall wildflowers along the north shore & Openlands Lakeshore Preserve just south of Fort Sheridan! Enjoy… I know I sure did.

Second verse, same as the first… another day just like yesterday! Not a cloud in the sky (almost) and very few people out along the lake. Just a couple bikers… and a few runners possibly still training for next weekend’s marathon? Been there, done that… glad I’m not this year! I’d rather be pedaling…

Not a cloud in the sky… and surprisingly few people out this morning. It was a beautiful ride… kinda like I had the whole lakefront to myself?! I’m guessing that with the beautiful forecast for today, more people will be outside playing this afternoon in the summer temps! I know I will be…

But then there was THIS!!! Somewhere along my ride I picked-up a shard of glass – right through my tire!!! Luckily, I carry extra inner tubes & CO2 cartridges… so I was good. But upon further inspection… looks like it’s time for a new tire!!! Guess this one has had enough miles put on it… time for a new one!!!

Another glorious morning with a good amount of cloud-cover & early sunrise potential. We started with some dark clouds & hopes for a colorful sky-show! And this morning did not disappoint. BEAUTIFUL!!!