A Bob's Life: Monday Musings

Monday, June 29, 2026

Monday Musings - June 29, 2026

1. Today is the last Monday of June and it is also the final Monday of the first half of 2026. There are 26 Mondays remaining in the year.

I-15 through Virgin River Gorge
Arizona
June 18, 2026

2. I made it back out onto my bike yesterday for a ride. I rode almost 21 miles in my return to the streets after the vacation layoff. While the road was clear and dry at my house, for a while I was following a rainstorm that was drenching neighborhoods. I only received a few sprinkles near the end of my trek, but funny enough there was never any rain at home.

3. The Orioles are falling in the standings. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games and are now 7 games below .500 and 11 games out of first place in the division.

4. Saturday marks the 250th birthday of the United States. I think that many people feel similarly to me. I am a proud American, but am not proud about what the leadership of our country is doing. This is definitely not the Golden Age of America.

5. It is hard to believe that one week ago, we were in the Las Vegas area preparing to travel back home. My how time really does seem to pass quickly.

6. Today in History. On June 29, 1995, the American space shuttle to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

This historic moment of cooperation between former rival space programs was also the 100th human space mission in American history. At the time, Daniel Goldin, chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), called it the beginning of “a new era of friendship and cooperation” between the U.S. and Russia. With millions of viewers watching on television, Atlantis blasted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida on June 27, 1995.