No snow here either just a bit of rain on the commute home but not enough to be especially uncomfortable. It's enough weather that I haven't seen another cyclist this week, but lots of deer. They always seem to come out more in the more unpleasant weather.

Someone mentioned his theory that the second deer always follows with enough gap for a car to scoot through, (never heard that before) so I kept track this morning. Easily amused I guess. There were five groups of deer. The first crossed in a group of six, more of a stampede than darting across. The next two were singles, no one followed so that technically counts as a "gap". The fourth was one on the side, another on the other side deeper in the forest and neither one crossed. That always makes me nervous because you'd think they'd want to be together and one or the other would dart across to the other, but mostly they don't. The last was another big group, with one right in the middle of the path as I approached. She balked left then went right, and none followed her but moved back in the woods. As one can imagine, I don't try to dodge the deer - I slow down and sometimes call out, waiting for them to decide what they're going to do. It seems more or less random to me; maybe I'll keep track and see if any real pattern emerges.