Thanks to Katrina for this amazing photo; it could go viral:

Cold over night, but warming dramatically into a perfect Indian summer day. (Indian summer being defined as warm, sunny and dry, often with little wind, after a killing frost, or so I think.) (It is actually very dry here, too dry, all across the state of Wisconsin.)

But, taking advantage of the fine weather, I took the bike for a ride—the big loop, circumnavigating the City—which amounted to 9.95 miles with a average speed of 10.48 mph. I will argue that the speed is acceptable because I had to stop briefly several times, and over over half the route was done on sidewalks.

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"...and frolicked in the autumn mist..." or should we say sunshine?