Had my first squirrel incident on the ride home... Heard the little guy in the bushes on my right, guess he was jumping around deciding which way to go. I looked up to check out the upcoming road patches and as I looked back down, saw the little guy jet between my front and rear wheels. Guess he was lucky that I missed him, and guess I was lucky that he didn't head for the spokes of the front wheel.
Seem to be getting used to the Aurora, ride times are down, even with increased traffic, and I'm not working as hard as when I was riding the Trek 7300FX.