What better way to kick-off October than with another sunrise bike ride. Surprisingly warm this morning with a strong side-wind from the west. Clouds blowing through… which kinda felt like a headwind both coming & going?!!!!

Another crisp & clear morning ride along the lake. Fall is definitely in the air… and I was VERY happy that I had pulled out the long-sleeved jersey before I head out this morning. Especially with that ride right into the headwind all the way home! Brrrrr….

After several days of clear skies, this morning had more than its share of clouds.
Gloomy, dramatic clouds. Not much of a sunrise… but then out of nowhere… THERE IT IS!!!Well, at least for a minute or two… and then back to clouds & gray!

So far this has been a beautiful week with warmer weather
& beautifully calm sunrises. A great way to start the day… and the week!

Generally clear skies to start the morning with a bit of a chill in the air & dew on the ground.
A beautiful start to the day with another serene ride along the lakefront.

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So it was VERY foggy & misty along the lakefront this morning… no chance for the sunrise to break through this mist! Hard enough for the lighthouse that was out there trying its best to do the task at hand!

So here’s a very dark view of the standard “turn-around-spot” from my morning ride. Today it was pitch black on a very foggy-misty morning. Not so safe with such reduced visibility.

So here are a few observations… maybe it would be good if people could stay in their own well-marked lanes, bikers in the bike lanes & jogger-walkers in the jogging lane?! Or perhaps we could have some sort of headlight-tailights-LED flasher situation?… you can see it’s PITCH BLACK outside this early in the morning!!! And by all means, lets consider NOT wearing totally black clothing from head to toe without any sort of reflective or illuminated surface.

It’s dark out there and WE CAN’T SEE YOU!!!

Another cloudy morning, steamy & warm. Dramatic sky with moody clouds sweeping across the horizon. A beautiful ride on a beautiful morning… even if the sun never quite made its way through.

Yes, for the record... it is VERY dark when I start out on my morning ride…

Sunday morning was a busy day with my Dad staying overnight at my place & Day Two of ART IN THE GARDEN. But never too busy to sneak out while he was sleeping for a little sunrise bike ride!!! And it was a STUNNER!!! At first I thought it was going to be too cloudy for anything to really happen… but then Mother Nature proved me wrong!!!

And then the gray took over… for the rest of the day…

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 And then sometimes THIS happens!!!

A sunrise party on my camera lens! Not a huge fan of the solar flares on my camera lens…
and thus my affinity for the well-placed silhouette.
However yesterday’s “polka dot party” was pretty darn impressive!!!

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