Monday was actually hot as the temps ran up past 80 degrees and clearly the day called for perforated leather. Having been bundled up and dealing with frozen fingers and a fogging faceshield the prior couple of weekends, this was indeed summer's last hurrah.
I got out and tried a couple variations on a route I use frequently when I have about 1 hour to ride, discovered a couple new roads and went past a lake I had never seen before.
It was so warm out I would have needed to remove a lot of gear to stand around more than a minute or so, and I was short on time to get back, but for a little while, it felt like July again.
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Today was in the mid-70's and perfect, though clouds were building. Big, scary clouds announcing the next few days of rain that were coming. I added in two more roads I had been meaning to explore from yesterday and ended up with a nice 50 mile loop. But with the clouds and lower temps, and the smell of dry leaves, there was a strong impression of autumn moving in.
I went past a farm with some seasonal stands out front and decided to loop back for a quick pic. There was a gentleman on a tractor eyeballing me so I first took a couple pics of the signs listing prices of items for sale.
Subterfuge, I thought. I turned around to find a woman standing there... She had come outside and was asking if she could help me, but I had the feeling she was more concerned about her produce than how many pumpkins I would be buying and, what -- sticking in my jacket for the ride home?
A little small talk and I was able to grab the pic I wanted and take my leave.
This Sunday it may or may not stop raining long enough to possibly get up out of the 50's. But I had two nice runs to cap off the warm weather season.
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