Brrr chilly, windy day to ride! Unusual start time as I did car alignment and new tires on the Bolt this morning, so didn't start until 1235 and it was still chilly. I was very cool, and maybe should have worn a vest, but did not. Going north on the New River bike trail, an older, white-haired gotee rider passed me, so we played 1/2 mile pulls up to just before the bridge /park. He stayed on west bank and I switched to east bank. That sure helped against a strong headwind in that section. Did the usual route change up to Midwestern then to control 1. Then right around mile 24 on the New River Trail, I saw 3 oncoming cyclists. The last one was the same white-hair gotee rider and we did indeed recognize and acknowledge each other. My best guess is that they were connected to SW bikes. It would be great to connect with this guy again for more rides. I did take that early turn to ride along the edge of the hill and snap a photo at mile 37.8. Then at mile 38.7 I turned north to Corte Bella gated community. Sat at the gate about a minute before a car came and let me in. Did the north end of the loop. Very nice.