Upon leaving my backyard I quickly went down on fresh ice in the alley behind our house. I was going slow and couldn't see the ice, went down in one of those slow-motion falls where you can't believe this it's really happening. I hit fresh ice that was a result of a neighbor's sump discharge on the alley surface, it was like a freshly surfaced ice rink-very hard to even walk on. Since I didn't feel like dealing with similar, intermittent spots on the trail, I bagged the ride and drove in. On the way home I noticed most of the MV Trail is snow/ice free so, I'm planning on being back out there tomorrow-just as the lowest temps of the year arrive. Great....