November 14 rides

[owlice]

18.5 miles in cool weather on wet trails covered with wet leaves; it was great! I was going to do just 10-12 miles, but once I got to the end of one trail/beginning of another, took it, and then took another until I ran out of trail, so I had to turn around and ride back to my starting point.

I found a jacket in the closet that is good for cool weather, though I had to take it off eventually because I was too warm. Had on light sweats over biking shorts, and that was okay, though I probably could have done without them.

Now to go shower, because I stink!!

ETA: But before I go.... I saw BLUEBIRDS!!!!!! I was SO excited to see them! I haven't seen any all summer. Bluebirds!! Also saw (and heard, of course!) a Belted Kingfisher, a bird of prey I couldn't see well enough to identify (though he was not a Red-tailed, that I know), and deer, including a well-antlered buck, who crossed the trail in front of me and then went down to the stream and crossed it, looking for all the world like a magazine cover.