Dark already?

This morning though just days since the Summer Solstice, seemed pretty dark. I was struck by the weather map last night and the whole of the country is warm orange red and 100 degrees and we here on the coast are 55 in the morning and shrouded in coastal low clouds and fog and I am sure that added to the gloom. At any rate I needed to carry my little handful of tools. This I do most M-Fs as it is so early. I carry a little LED flashlight and a new powerful pepper spray. The light is to make myself seen if needed, (very rarely as I can see cars way before they can see me), to light the trail I have added, (less rarely but a real good thing to keep the ankle biters at bay), and to see what critter is about...deer, and ugh...skunks.
The pepper spray is cause my dear and lovely wife insists. There have been big cats in the area...though not in recent years and I am now venturing into the trail a bit, so I carry it in hopes I get a shot off if attacked. I asked the security professional if it works on mountain lions and he said anything with eyes and lungs...
It was a nice run...just a little dark after the nice light mornings recently past.