Well, that was a pleasant surprise. When our traditional Columbus Day ride on the Hockhocking-Adena trail washed out, we picked 10/15 as an alternate date.The weather forecast and the skies were a quite glum as nine brave souls left Columbus for the 60 mile drive to Nelsonville. When we set up our bikes at the Rocky Boots trailhead, the skies were mostly sunny and the winds were mild. We did our usual run to the Habitat House on the west end of the OU campus in Athens, took a quick group shot, grabbed a snack and headed back under grey skies. We had a slight headwind on the way down and a welcome tail wind (breeze) on the return. A little mist hit us about half way back but still no rain. Back at trailhead, we loaded our bikes, thanked the weather gods and proceeded to Millstone BBQ in Logan to refuel. The food was great as always. Leaving Millstone for the return drive to Columbus, the sky overhead was mild and sunny but the west horizon was pitch black. About 10 miles west of Logan the deluge hit. A brief white-out caused traffic to slow appreciably but the storm was not deep and lasted but a few miles. All-in-all another great GWNN ride. Denny with pictures by Carol