One of the many good things about being a substitute mail carrier is that it gets me out of bed and out of the house early enough to see things like this, the dawn of day in Moose Pass.
A minute later:
The route keeps me close to home for an hour and a half, so I get to watch the progression of a new daybreak:
I'll leave for Hope, 35 miles away, in a few minutes, but not before seeing this view of the same mountains:
Official sunrise is at 9:47, and we are gaining four minutes and 34 seconds of daylight today. Summer's coming. Really.