40° F. Excellent sunny beautiful day except for crazy 20 mph westerly winds=windchill in the 30s. recorded a great blue heron catch a fish on the McFarland lower Yahara 1 mile boardwalk bridge. This ride starts at the Western edge beginning of the Hammersley Road bike path to the southwest commuter trail north to downtown Madison taking the capital loop around Lake Monona splitting off for a bit to then head to McFarland lower Yahara Trail back to the Capital City Trail Bike Walk into Fitchburg pass the Dunns marsh a.k.a. Velo underground/train bridge motorbike path intersection in Fitchburg back to the southwest commuter Trail north past HOME DEPOT back to the Hammersley Road western edge starting point. “Mostly“ flat = with a few inclines/hill )compared to other nearby routes).