And for those unfortunate enough to be in places blinded by fog or clouds, here is Internets-based entertainment in the form of results of the 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest, including this delightful winner in the Children's Literature division:
"Danny, the little Grizzly cub, frolicked in the tall grass on this sunny Spring morning, his mother keeping a watchful eye as she chewed on a piece of a hiker they had encountered the day before."
Now I go set up my chaise lounge, just in case there are any early arrivals.