Another day. Another ride. Another day of heat, humidity & sweat.
With a layer of haze covering the city… ready to burn off. More humidity in the air!

What started out as a very clouded & dark morning… turned out to be a beautiful sunrise.
Yet another day of oppressive heat in the ongoing heatwave in Chicago!

It was a cloudy morning. And not in a good way… okay, so it wasn’t so bad…
Yesterday was so incredibly gorgeous with all of the colors splashing across the
clouded sky. Today there were SO many clouds that the sun never had a chance!

Throughout this morning’s sunrise, it was constant display of incredible colors.
Every few minutes it would evolve & change to another stunning sky show!
It was tough to get the miles in… as I “had to” keep stopping to take more pictures!

Unfortunately, when I got home, we had no electricity in my condo building?!
So there I was… in the dark, sweaty and trying to get ready for Summer Camp!!!
And no way to share my morning photos until the power came back on…

Another beautiful morning along the lakefront.
It’s the perfect way to start my morning… before the rest of the city wakes up!
Quiet. Tranquil. Serene.

The silhouettes are incredible at this time of the morning. With the sun peaking over
the horizon – creating beautiful shadowed reflections in the water. I especially love
how the sun is streaming through the windows of the building on Northerly Island.

And while I was down there already…
I thought I might take a quick trip around Soldier Field. To get a closer look at the
“alien spaceship” that they plopped down on top of the traditional stadium when they
renovated several years ago. Yep… still not a fan!

So there I am, pedaling along the lakefront past Oak Street Beach this morning
and making the stretch down towards Ohio Street Beach. A nice straight-away.
The sun slowly rising. Minding my own business. Having a beautiful ride.

When all of a sudden… somewhere up ahead in the center of the bike path
there was a strange lump. Something too big. Something that shouldn’t be there.
But it was… and when I got close enough to really see it… Imagine my surprise!!!

I’ve had a couple people ask if it was one of those “flying” Asian Carp fish
that they’ve been talking about “invading” the Lake for years. I think there’s
a pretty good chance… but I don’t know for sure! Could it really have jumped out of the
lake and landed about 25-feet away only to become breakfast for the ravens & seagulls?

As the sun continued to rise, the pink dissipated and changed to a brighter yellow…
but the clouds remained to keep that dramatic feeling of the morning!