To celebrate the Summer Solstice we decided to watch the sunrise and experience just how long the longest day of the year really was. At that hour, we were treated to cool temperatures on a day forecasted to become very hot. We were also treated to this beautiful mist that hung low in the field as we walked to meet the sun.
The official sunrise was 5:52 and we were all surprised how bright it was at 5:30. Here the sun is starting to peek up over the mountains at 6:00.
Once it started, the big pink ball rose quite quickly. Here are some of the early risers- not pictured are Chris and Sean. Friend and neighbor, Liam, joined us that long day- rising early with the boys after they had had just 3 hours of sleep!
Later that day (it seemed like days later, instead of just hours) we went to Riven Rock to cool off. Boys of all ages played with rocks of varying sizes. And hours after that we watched the sun set from our porch. We all agreed that the longest day was certainly long and were happy to be at this point in the year with lots of sun and fun. I kept saying we should store some of this up for the short days of winter, just like Frederick the mouse.
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