71 F and humid this morning, no rain (yet), I nice ride. I figured the first day of Fall would be a good time to convert my ride back into Fall/Winter mode, I re-installed: full fenders, touring tires, lights, bottle cages, small saddle bag, and may put a handlebar bag on when it gets real cold for emergancy Winter supplies.

Also, saw a raccoon peering out from a strom drain, cute. I hope he doesn't get clobbered by a car this morning. Nearly ran into a runner coming across the Difficult Run bridge at Rt. 1. She was so short that I couldn't see her over the wall as I approached from a path that intersects the bridge at about a 45 deg. angle. Poor thing. All of a sudden my light is in her face as I'm flying toward her out of the dark. She waved both arms wildly and swerved left then right. I did the same while slamming on the brakes. Luckily we both made the right choice and swerved in opposite directions. My back wheel locked up and I fishtailed a little but not too big a deal. Had we collided, my momentum would have thrown me into Rt. 1. Not good. I apologized and we were both on our way. Lesson learned: I'll slow and scan better as I approach this turn. I usually am able to see all pedestrians as I have a good view of this short bridge on my approach-she happened to be much shorter than most and maybe I wasn't paying as much attention to her as I was to maintaining my speed. I, then, nearly ran over a rat near the rugby fields and made it in without further incident.

I hope that my ride home doesn't come with the trauma that my morning ride did, although they're calling for T-storms.