For a while there, it didn’t look like there was going to be any riding today. The day dawned with wet roads and obvious signs of overnight rain. With the mostly overcast sky, and low clouds threatening to unload at any minute, I was prepared to do a workout and then visit Joey instead of going out for a ride. However, at around 10 or 10:30, the skies cleared, and conditions became ripe for a ride. The radar was still indicating showers west of the area. With that in mind, I decided to stay very close to home, actually starting out at the condo here in Roxbury Run. Much as I dislike saving the hardest climb for the end of any ride, I thought that a short ride would be appropriate. After reaching the base of Bear Pen Mountain, I turned around and raced home, trying to outpace what appeared to be showers building over the higher terrain. I came back on Howard Green Road, and as Joey has indicated in the past, this approach to Roxbury Run is actually a little easier. So, with temps in the low 60s, reasonably good weather, and the wind that was not too much of a bother out of the west-southwest, this ride, though short, was still satisfying nonetheless. And I managed to get some very nice photographs in spite of the poor lighting.