The big excitement of the weekend, and Monday, was a family trip to Dillon State Park. We stayed in a small cottage for a couple nights and enjoyed the fall colors and weather. Katie made a post with some nice pictures here. It was a nice extended weekend.
Just prior to leaving for the State Park on Saturday, Ryan and I made it out for a nice ride around the block. What was not nice was the aftermath of our ride. It had rained the night before and the roads were a bit damp, no standing water that I remember, just damp. Upon return home I was shocked to see the amount of worms, worm pieces, and worm guts our bikes were carrying.
On a ride in the spring we experienced a similar wormy situation but it was nowhere near this gross. As Katie was packing up for our trip, I was in the basement trying to get the bulk of worm gunk cleaned up. I was afraid of how bad the basement would smell if I left it go until we came back.
Post ride bike posing in the front yard.
Usually I use a damp rag to clean my road bike, but the rag was not working on the worminess, it was just smearing the slimy, bloody worm residue all over the place. I ended up with the bike in the front yard, using a garden hose and a brush to clean up the mess.
Downtube worm chunk cling-ons.
Tonight was the last OCC night ride ride of the year that departed from the shop in daylight. Sunset was at 6:28 today but with the expiration of daylight savings time, subsequent rides will depart in the dark.
It was another good ride tonight. On the way out Ryan asked me if I had fun cleaning the worms off my bike after our Saturday ride. It was not just me plagued by the worm cleanup project!
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