Originally Posted by genejockey

Today was "Animal Encounter" day for me.

It started out with seeing a crow preying on a baby squirrel. I thought briefly of intervening but 1) The crow had been at it a while, so the squirrel was mostly likely mortally wounded and 2) Crows gotta eat. Nature ain't Disney.

Then, on my ride, I was going through a wooded area and I see a deer cross in front of a car, close enough that they had to brake. As I got closer, I could see 3 more deer waiting, all does. I passed them warily, and said, "Hi, gals!"

Later, as I'm coming down a descent at about 30mph and as I'm going around a sweeping right hand turn, a coyote brazenly saunters across the road. I braked, he gave me a passing, nonchalant glance and didn't speed up at all, the arrogant mofo.

Still later, as I'm fighting my way through a cross/headwind something above me catches my eye. I look up and see a hawk, hanging motionless in the air, the way they can when the wind is strong enough.

Apart from that, it was a fun 54.8 mile ride on the Litespeed. I'm really glad I got this bike!!