Had a nice 17-mile ride with a fellow lady cyclist. We went out at 5:00 and hit the main north/south artery out of town. It's a downhill and it was *very* busy, so we hammered along with traffic until our turn-off-- it was really exhilerating! Tackled the big climb of the ride almost immediately and got that out of the way. Shortly after, we passed a woman sitting in her front yard with about ten yellow and black lab-type puppies gambolling around in the grass. I about died from cute overload. The weather was great, traffic was co-operative. I always feel so rejuvenated after my Tuesday evening rides.