Halloween

31 October

There wasn't supposed to be rain today, and for the most part there wasn't, but most of the time we were cycling through a mild mist. Phyllis said it was perfect weather for Halloween.

We thought we'd try to meet up with Ken's ride in Princeton but, on Carter Road, when we had only ten minutes to get all the way to Mountain Lakes, we bagged that idea. The roads were wet anyway; his ride was probably canceled. So we returned to the original plan: to see decorated yards in Lambertville.

Big Joe and I traded off leading, making the route up as we went along, trying to find a route that would avoid traffic, puddles, and piles of wet leaves.

We were rather damp and covered with road splut when we reached Lambertville, but on Union Street a few blocks south of Rojo's we got our reward. Joe and Phyllis rode on ahead while Mighty Mike and Mike B. stayed with me while I shot this video:



The "clunk" you hear early on is an acorn hitting the car next to me. I think that's Mighty Mike doing the sound effects at the end but I'm not sure. They were standing behind me.

Poor Kermit. I'd just put him through the wash and gave him his annual ghost costume. Now he was filthy again.

Mighty Mike had a flat at Rojo's, which gave me enough time to buy a bag of coffee. East Timor this time; it's only available for a few months of the year.

We didn't get very far before Mike's tire was flat again. This time the Mikes pulled out three separate, tiny, pieces of glass, or something.

We rode in and out of rain the rest of the way home. It was the Mikes who pointed out the autumn colors along the Stony Brook.



That's as good as it's going to get around here. Half the leaves are off the trees already, and with the wind the way it is, there won't be much left on the rest of them by tomorrow.

Don't forget to set your clocks back tonight.

Up next: Florence, Italy.