Another cool morning, 4C/39F, clear and no breeze or rain so a nice 11km ride in to work. Actually, I said that the sky was clear but it was hard to tell at 6:30am, being dark and all.

Part of today's ride was along a 1km, unlit, dirt road that is adjacent to a lake on one side and a large wooded area that essentially connects with forest south of the city. It was still dark at about 7:15 as I was riding along this road when in front of me, about 100m/yd away, I saw 2 or 3 large black objects at the side of the path. I start making noises because they could be bears (there have been a lot of them in the city this year) and they slowly move off the path into the woods and as I pass by where they were, I notice 2 of them on a side trail and one of them called out to me, "Good morning", oh, dog walkers and their dog, never mind.