What a glorious blue sky to ride under, almost perfect, except for the 7-12mph breeze that always seemed to be trying to prevent forward progress. A letdown for Mr. Carrick again, a boring short non-epic ride & write-up. Would have been WAY more exciting if I didn't fumble the phone & make a noise that spooked the 20 lb bobcat that started to cross Kimberling Rd. 30 yards ahead of me, and it lithely took its tufted ears, ruffed face & fat little tail stump in 1 huge leap back into the foliage from whence it came, before I could snap photographic evidence. Rats. Which may have been what it was going searching for in the abandoned little building across the street. Cool seeing it, though. And no, that cat pic is the only cat picture that waited for my camera, the Torrie that usually comes around @ Rocky Gap United Methodist Church but never let's me quite approach her. Need more such rides real soon. Not looking promising to hit 2020 in 3.3 colder months from just over 1100... seeing many geese heading south...crisp morning air...leaves starting to change color. All this rain should provide us w/ terrific autumnal colorful foliage over the next few weeks. Hopefully I will still get rides in as we deal w/ a skeleton staff @ the clinic & the impending houses moves.