Oh Dark Thirty...

There is an old Air Force saying that when you have to do something REALLY early, that the time will be at "Oh Dark Thirty," a play on the way military time is expressed. I am visiting my friends Ginger and Ron in San Angelo, Texas, and on this particular morning I had to get up in the dark for our trip to Austin. We were well on the way with Starbucks coffee in hand when the first light of dawn was visible ahead. I realized that I have not witnessed a sunrise, in perhaps ten years! I kid you not! So this was a big deal, and a beautiful thing to watch, and to recall other sunrises from earlier times in life.