Warm and humid this morning, fortunately though, no rain, felt pretty good but my allergies have really started to wear me down. Yesterday's ride home was delayed somewhat as I had to detour north to the Memorial Bridge as opposed to taking my normal route whichs goes right past the Holocaust Museum, on 15th. This, of course, was due to the shooting there-sorry to hear of the guard's passing. While picking my way through the throngs of tourists by the WWII and Lincoln Memorials I got intense dry mouth for some reason. I had recently removed my water cages (as I rarely need to drink on my short trip home and prefer the cleaner look of a bottle-less frame) but decided to put them back on last night and carry a "just in case" bottle with me. I figure that, should I be delayed, for any reason, it would be better to have something with me, especially in this heat (I usually have a power bar stuffed somewhere in the bag and an emergancy $20 as well). Hopefully, this afternoon's ride will be uneventful.