Aspell was relaxed in behind the leaders and then had eventual fifth Rocky Creek in his sights, kicking clear well before The Elbow and always seeming to have the measure of both the cross-country specialist Balthazar King (14-1), anDoublele Seven, while Alvarado stayed on from a long way back to finish fourth at 33-1.
The 15-knot breeze and overcast sky were ordinary atmospheric conditions, but to those of us who believe that sight fishing -- throwing at visible fish, and every once in a while watching one eat the fly -- is the best fishing, it might just as well have been Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel.
The previous day we had been pelted by sleet and hail before knee-deep snow on the final pass forced race organisers to cut the stage short, but now the air was still and the sun hung high in a crystal-clear sky, while me and my shadow got stuck in to a steep off-trail climb to a path some 500 metres above.
Put in a good chick flick, like 13 Going on 30, Just my Luck, She's the man, etc. Relax while you watch it.
There is truly nothing like the feeling of lying back and floating deep in the ocean, clearing your mind while gazing at the infinite sky.
The experts warn that the world could run out of helium within 25 to 30 years, potentially spelling disaster for hospitals, whose MRI scanners are cooled by the gas in liquid form, and anti-terrorist authorities who rely on helium for their radiation monitors, as well as the millions of children who love to watch their helium-filled balloons float into the sky.
Click here to watch "The war's not won …" "There's good and evil on both sides of every war ever fought …" "I want to know which side you're on…" The first trailer for the new season of Game of Thrones (which premieres in the UK on Sky Atlantic on 7 April) is a clear call for everyone to choose sides in the very different world following the Red Wedding.
The diurnal mean clear sky aerosol forcing at TOA in the northern hemisphere Indian Ocean is in the range of −4 to −16 Wm−2 and had large spatio-temporal variations while in the southern hemisphere Indian Ocean it is in the range of 0 to −6Wm−2.
Another popular site is the Chena Hot Springs Resort (+1 907 451 8104, chenahotsprings.com), 60 miles to the north-east, where you can take a dog-sled ride then soak in hot water while watching the sky.
From the spliff at the end of the working day, the pill on a Friday night or the bump of ketamine while watching Blue Planet 2, drugs are taken for fun, to relax and sometimes, as the poet John Milton said, to "bathe the drooping spirits in delight".
Having launched in June, under 1m Android Wear watches had been sold by the end of 2014 according to analysts, while the cross-platform Pebble had sold 1m by February this year.
