First Weekend of Fall

Fall has arrived in northeast Wisconsin. Leaves on the trees have started to turn shades of yellow and red. Daytime highs are creep up into the 60's. Nighttime lows are in the 40's. And sunset is now before 7:00 PM each night.

Both days this weekend were terrific fall days for riding. Saturday was in the high 50's. Sunday made it into the low 60's. Little to no wind either day. I wore a base layer and arm warmers each day and was comfortable. No need to get the wool socks and leg warmers out for a mid-afternoon ride just yet.

The scenery along the roads has changed as well. Most of the leaves on the trees are still green. It will be another week or two until we are at the height of fall color. But you can see some trees with some of their leaves changing, and a few with all of their leaves a brilliant gold. In the fields, the green corn stalks of summer have turned brown. Same is true of the soybeans as they wait in their fields to be harvested. Some corn has already been harvested, leaving just brown muddy ground where a few weeks ago corn towered 6 or 7 feet into the air.

I now have over 5000 miles for the year. 5063 to be exact. 937 left to make it to 6000. It always comes down to depending on the weather. But I've got probably another 6-7 weeks to get those miles in. Maybe if I can sneak in a long ride or two I just might make it.

Rode by this and had to take a picture. Some sort of contest for who could grow the largest pumpkin. Yikes!