A short, nice ride down into Harrisonburg today. I plan to check out downtown tomorrow on my way out of town on another short day. I’ve had to wear my jacket every morning the last few days, and today I was thinking I might have to wear my arm warmers soon. It almost feels a little like fall. I’ve been able to leave my jacket on til mid morning. Wasn’t expecting these cool temps yet, but it’s better than walking out into the 70s with high humidity. I’ll add clothes any day.

I felt a little weird last night at my motel on the ‘other’ side of town near the tracks. My room was on the back side of the motel, and supposedly, my neighbors on both sides of me were permanent residents who worked somewhere close by. I never saw either of them, but I didn’t leave my room after 5. Kind of a low-grade motel. I stopped in the town before at a somewhat ritzy looking place, and the owner didn’t want my bike in her cabin room ( don’t ask me why) but said she had this other motel in the next town for cheaper. (That should have warned me) So I rode to Shenandoah and found the other motel off the main drag. Oh, well. Didn’t see a soul, and it was off the beaten track right next to the train tracks. The sign was ritzy looking but not the motel itself. And I wondered how anyone would even know it was there.

My knee is healing, but it has a big hole on it. Hope it fills in.