{"id":1184,"date":"2007-08-03T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.175.102.14\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2012-03-24T10:42:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-24T15:42:42","slug":"rays-of-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=1184","title":{"rendered":"Rays of light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/sunset_irrigation_24424.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>All the junk in the air these days can be credited with three things: headaches for some, allergies for others, and fantastic evening skies. I&#8217;ll take the latter, although I&#8217;ve been stuck with all three this week. I&#8217;ve been taking my family out in the evenings this week, finding nice picturesque places to throw down a blanket and hang out with some Spyro Gyra playing on the iPod. In a way it brings back memories from the 80&#8217;s: playing frisbee on the sandbar at sunset with the guys from gymnastics, fusion jazz coming from the boom box, followed by a fifty dollar tab at A&amp;W. Those were the days.<\/p>\n<p>Last night&#8217;s sky was no disappointment, as you can see. This irrigation rig sits along the north end of River Road, where they ruined one of the area&#8217;s most fun intersections. I captured the water in any number of positions, but I like the ones where it&#8217;s intersecting the sun the best.<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/sunset_24401.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>I found a new place or reflection Wednesday night&#8230;no, not for personal introspection, but for sunset reflection off a wide part of the Missouri River. I&#8217;ve got some more ideas too&#8230;of course, places like this are like a prime fishing hole: best kept secret! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/boater_24501.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/center>My little seven month old boy loved watching the boats go by. We stopped at the corner along the Misty Waters inlet for a little bit, and he was enthralled by the boat traffic that came past. We don&#8217;t have a boat right now, but I figure it&#8217;ll be a must when he gets a little older. My parents don&#8217;t swim and never owned a boat, but I swim like a fish and am SCUBA certified. I&#8217;ve already taken little PJ to the pool, and he likes the water as well. I can&#8217;t wait for him to get bigger!<\/p>\n<p>All this talk of sunsets and reminders of times past brings me to the fact that summer is waning. It&#8217;s already August, folks! Who would have thought that this summer would fly by so quickly? Don&#8217;t put off those summer plans any longer; there isn&#8217;t much summer left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the junk in the air these days can be credited with three things: headaches for some, allergies for others, and fantastic evening skies. I&#8217;ll take the latter, although I&#8217;ve been stuck with all three this week. 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