Definitely chillier this morning; the mist seemed to be close to frozen on the bridge. I wore my 'heavy' gloves because I left my lightweight full finger gloves at my mom's house on Monday. Wasn't too bad for the ride this morning, but would have had really sweaty hands if I had to go much further. Hopefully it will be warm enough to wear fingerless on the way home.

Drove a little farther and rode my short route because I was running late, but not sure I gained much as I spent an extra 10+ minutes in traffic. I wish there was somewhere to leave the car between my usual spot and my 'short' spot, but I haven't found a good option yet.

Monday's tree was still lying across the Towpath, so I had to lift the bike over. But it is promising that I passed a park service pickup a little further down the trail heading that way , so hopefully it will be gone by the time I ride home. I felt really slow on the CCT, too. Hard to even maintain 17-18 MPH. I wonder if my front brake is dragging a little since I adjusted it to get rid of the squeal, or if my rear tire pressure is low... or maybe my legs are just weak!

There was also some extra activity in Georgetown, including a stage with a huge flag -- presumably some kind of campaign event? Because of the excess of law enforcement personnel (yes, indeed, this is a low stage of moral development at work), I was a bit more conservative in obeying the stop signs, even when there were no cars approaching, waiting or otherwise impacting the intersections, but many of my fellow cyclists felt no such guilt.