Glad to be back on the bike after five days off (day-long soaking rain followed by a business trip). Were the city streets this bad when I left, or did I get soft driving all those days?

Pretty nice ride in, though I was running late and the recovery ride... wasn't. Upper body is dealing with aftereffects of dealing with leaves. A lady stopped yesterday while I was working to ask my permission (!?) to take a picture of the maples -- they're beautiful trees in the fall, red on the bottom, golden in the middle, and yellow-green up top. But they drop a pile of leaves!