Missing persons case

Air temperature 63 F, wind near calm, fair but hazy sky. AQI 33 or "good" as some of the smoke has moved on. May try another bike ride today, as this is the best forecast of the next few days.

Haven't seen any hummingbirds at the hostas yet. Did have a couple of sightings back at the end of the azalea bloom. Hope our foul weather hasn't wiped out the nesting.

Thursday invasive alien report

First purple loosestrife blooms sighted. Also in the pest category, we have moved on to field thistles, same size blooms as the Canada thistle but single rather than bunches, and the burdock is starting to bloom. And we have the usual bumper crop of poison ivy along the roadsides.

No roadkill seen. Cormorant flapping along above the casino and woodchuck galloping across the road on one of my downhills.

Only bird of note at the airport was an air ambulance coming in to their base, probably just to refuel in between emergencies.

Got out on the bike, on the theory that tomorrow will be worse. Not dangerously hot, 78 F now, air quality okay. Did not die.

15.73 miles, 1:27:55

Humanity stinks

One thing from this morning's bike ride -- got up to the top of a long hill and started speeding up, shifting up, etc, across the level area near the old Bomarc site, and became aware of a smell. Not a stink, a strong smell of soap. About a quarter of a mile further on, I passed a woman jogger. The smell vanished.

Me, I usually shower *after* my workout . . .