No pictures of my ride, though there were some lovely stretches. Pushed out just before noon, and immediately realized I should have eaten first. Got over the hills and pulled over at a liquor store on the corner. A man came out and as I noshed on a bar I heard "Did you see these?" He motions for me to walk around the wall to the side of the store. I go over and there are three baby skunks in a trap. As we stood there, three more came out from under the building, but didn't set the other trap off. He explained that the mother had been caught already. Then another man and the owner came out and we all looked at the skunks a bit more. The owner said the skunks were being humanely relocated somewhere, but it costs $285 for the first one and $85/each after that! I'm glad he's sucking up the cost instead of choosing another method.

Continued on along the lovely marshes, passing (and getting passed by) numerous other cyclists. Got into the next town and turned south towards the water. I got to the street I normally turn down and there were people everywhere. I asked someone what was going on and they said it was a garden tour. These are really nice houses, some are just summer beach homes for New Yorkers. I contemplated joining them as I've always drooled over these houses, but continued on.

Went around the town green and turned back towards my house. Passed a cyclist with a flat, but he had a ride on the way. Caught up with two cyclists that had passed in the other direction back near the green. Then returned to the hills and chicked a guy on the steepest climb! This is an extremely rare occurrence for me, and I reveled in it. The sun had disappeared and the sky was getting grey, so I found my way home. A very happy 27.4 miles.