You guys can celebrate if you want. The battle was, arguably, fought in New York State.

I did have to work, and my commutes were fine.

I made a karma deposit on my ride home. There's a section of trail that can be a little crowded (between the Burlington waterfront and North Beach), and today it was getting a lot of use. I hammered up the brief hill heading north and then waited it out behind a couple of kids riding with fishing poles. Kind of reminded me of when I was a kid.

Then I noticed one of their kickstands was down. (It was the kind that mounts to the rear axle...) When it was clear ahead, I bolted up next to him and said, "Hey watch that kickstand!" He looked down and said, "Thanks!" I watched in my mirror as he stopped to put it up. Might've been ugly if he'd taken a left corner.