Stopped for a second alongside the curb on rt28 in Dickerson to wipe my glasses during a 40 mile ride on a beautiful Saturday morning. Heard a thwack when I pulled away like I had kicked up a bit of debris from the curb and it hit my spokes. About 5 miles later, pass a gas station that is a popular rest stop for cyclists and wave to a couple of guys.

"Hey, you are dragging something", one shouts. I say "huh" and glance back and there's this surprisingly large branch hanging on my QR from the rear wheel. I rode 5 miles - uphill, downhill, and I never noticed it. It just cracked me up. I stopped, yanked it out and said to the guys: Hey you should have see the tree after i hit it".

The weather this morning in Maryland was just amazingly perfect. can't wait for tomorrow AM.