I have now biked 7.5 hours and covered 81 miles since May 12th, burning 4,687 calories. Since I started 6 days rained and I didnt ride.

Someone found a meal.

The calm before the storm. This will be one of the last moments of empty beaches for the season. Memorial Day Weekend was cold and rainy and the crowds stayed away. This weekend will be sunny and nice and we will be busy.

I forgot to post this great blue heron I came across this morning. He was busy preening and it took a while to get a good shot. #birds

Platform 9¾ to Hogwarts has come to our boardwalk

Good morning from Maryland as the rain starts to give way to some sunny weather.

I tempted fate and rode my bike to work even though there was a 50% chance of rain. I felt a few drops and panicked but made it in dry. As soon as I got to work the rain hit. I was fortunate. It's supposed to be sunny after work though.

Someone decorated the sand fence on the dune crossing to the ocean with hundreds of hand painted seashells.

I am cracking myself up thinking about how good the Elmer Fudd version of the Pointer Sister's song Fire really was.

Between after work doctor appointments and the rain (thanks for sending it @ru12bseen.com we needed it) I have not been able to ride my bike since last Tuesday. I am looking forward to riding to work again, possible starting on Thursday if the weather improves.

Something light for today, one for the cat people and another for the dog people.

30 seconds of dolphins and pelicans feeding at the inlet today.

Male cardinal on the sand dune. #birds

Sometimes I feel like this old mower. The front wheels are gone and the front end has rusted off, but the engine still works.

So Trump is going to give cash payouts to those that stormed the capital on January 6th. I am old enough to remember that he told us it was ANTIFA. So now he is giving cash to ANTIFA? I thought they were a terrorist organization. Accotding to Trump he is funding a terrorist organization.

This morning at work I noticed this one happy flower dancing in the water after several days of brutal heat. Be the happy flower!

It was an interesting sunrise. A temperature inversion created a false sunrise, a mirage of the real sunrise. Very cool.

Another day working on the beach putting up the remaining signs before Memorial Day. It was pleasant this morning.

Getting ready for the tourist season, the beach is being groomed and cleaned.

5 am as I am leaving for work, looking east towards the ocean.

Have you got yours yet??

It's 85° here today, the first truly hot day of the year. The beach is busy. The water is still quite cold at 57°.

Maryland Democratic Governor Wes Moore signed his state’s own Voting Rights Act exactly 24 hours before the Supreme Court gutted the federal one, strengthening protections against voter suppression the regime can’t touch. Scott Dworkin

We found a mermaids necklace on the beach yesterday. If you are unfamiliar, this is the egg chambers for Welk. Inside each compartment are dozens of baby Welk. This one washed up onto the beach and dried out so the Welk did not survive.

It's beach day. We are enjoying the empty beach as everything changes next weekend.

He's now known as Pedophile Rock.

When we lived in Ohio we had an acre of land and it was very dark at night. The grandkids were over. I would have to go close the chicken coop. They'd come with me. "You go first" I'd say, "that way if there are monsters they will get you and not me." "No way" they would say.

27 miles biked this week so far. I am off tomorrow but I am working Sunday.

Great blue heron. #birds

Dolphins at the inlet. You can see them breach about every 10 seconds in the video.

As a reward for making it through the week I splurged and got a chocolate chocolate chip muffin with my coffee today. $5 total. It's good to be local.

Today's technology accurately summarized.

The ocean is quite serene this morning. Lovely colors.

The brown pelicans are so graceful. #birds #pelican

They had one job. SMH.

It's raining here on the beach but it's gorgeous just off the coast. Plus I saw a fox as I drove to the beach.

Its raining this morning so I couldn't bike into work but tomorrow looks good.

Sunset from our porch.

Gretchen, one of the local foxes, looks longingly at a pair of Mourning Doves who know better than to be in paws length of our girl. #nikon #eck #wildlife #maryland

Day 2 of riding my bicycle to and from work, 9 miles and 50 minutes round trip. I took the photo to show the bike lane which is huge and runs the full length of our town. During peak season there are a lot of bikers riding about and these lanes are full. The beach is one block to my right.