Contemplating the tattered remnants of Ernesto

Do I go for a bike ride today, in anticipation of rain tomorrow?

Don't like riding in Saturday traffic, _damn_ sure don't want to ride the highway shoulders on Labor Day.

To ride or not to ride, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler...

Saturday roadkill report

(By which experienced readers of this journal will deduce how I resolved my morning question)

One tattered and mummified skunk over near Broadway. Not fresh, but it wasn't there the last time I took that route.

I decided to head across to the airport and back, a local ride that _shouldn't_ get me into too much traffic and which includes some steepish hills. If the rain holds off, I might do another local route tomorrow. Nothing much to report, except flocks of sparrows and starlings gathering.

15.29 miles, 1:08:30

Regarding Harlan -- last comment

It's an old Mennonite custom for people who have put themselves outside the community's tolerance.

"Shunning."