Fourth or fifth club ride for me--I had never ridden with a club before this fall, and I'm really beginning to enjoy it. Usually I ride in the club's Saturday ride, bringing up the rear with at least one other woman who's way more experienced than I am. But today, I did the Sunday club ride, and a couple of guys joined us who did a longer ride on Saturday so did their recovery ride today with us.

The weather absolutely ROCKED! Sunny and cool and gorgeous. Here on the Gulf Coast, you can almost hear the collective sigh of relief when the summer heat eases up and fall weather really begins. Today, it made for a glorious, relaxed 32 miles, on quiet, rolling country roads. Nice balance of uphill and downhill, sun and leafy shade, gentle climbing and quick spinning.

I did realize that I have to hunt down a pair of arm warmers for these cool mornings--might check out that bolero by Terry.

Later, DH and I took our kayaks out on the bay for some sunset paddling. What a nice day!