Last Thursday, I dropped my bike at an LBS after a quick ride for maintenance work; I picked it up tonight after work, stopped at a trail between the LBS and home, and rode for an hour while the sun set. I was really conscious of the time and didn't get too far from the car, as I don't have lights on the bike yet.

I really enjoyed my ride. I had the LBS put a cyclocomputer on the bike, and was surprised to see that I'm not *quite* as slow as I thought I was. So part of the time I was watching the computer and part of the time I was looking for wildlife. I saw a doe with two fawns -- likely the same ones I saw nursing some days ago, as they were in the same area -- very close to the trail. The fawns were skittish, but the doe crossed the trail as I approached, and stopped to munch on things just off the trail as I rode past her.

And I saw a Great Egret in the lake.

I don't usually ride in my work clothes, but I was not about to spend precious daylight hours changing!