Trinity

The Trinity site in New Mexico is opened to the public twice each year in April and October. This year I went with a friend. It was both sober and underwhelming. A stretch of desert land surrounded by distant mountains. This man who I think was very old, stood long at the photographs ranged along the cyclone fence. Perhaps because of his slight resemblance to the lobotomized nuclear scientist in Repo Man, I decided he must have been one of the team of people at that place on the day when the first bomb was exploded.
Today marks a more inconsequential milestone in the year. It is the first day that I have not been bitten by a single mosquito! Last year it was the first week in November before the last pesky varmint bit the dust. They might be back tomorrow though.