Boston, New York City, Points Between, July 25, 2012

★★★ Pleasant to look at; pleasant enough to be out in. Brightness abounded, without too much glare or heat. The only impediment to the scenery was the light-scattering tan grime on the Amtrak windows. Apparently it was a good day to be out on the waters of Connecticut in a small boat; a good day to lie out on the beach; a good day to hunker down on your nest, if you were an osprey. Osprey after osprey after osprey. It was not even a particularly bad day to be dragging luggage around Manhattan.