Where did Fall go??

Dern, I left for a few days to go be amongst the 74,934 who were at the Georgia Dome Saturday night for the Alabama/Virginia Tech game. Fall was here when I left, but summer came back. OOF! I wanted to ride in some cool, crisp air. Please come back!!! Anyway, after getting a hundred things done this morning, I snuck out to get in a ride on Mill Mountain. Had specific route in mind, so time would be what it was. I parked at the Star Trail lot, headed up to Woodthrush (climbing was a goal today). I climbed Woodthrush with fairly good effort. Had to climb over the tree that's down (missed the go around on the way up) and walked about 10 feet after I lost my balance on some rocks otherwise rode it without stopping – haven't done that in a long time. Took a left, went down Virginia Pine to the old road, rode up it to Woodthrush then onto JPFish, rode up it to Riser, down Riser, across Big Sunny, down Sylvan, UP Monument (again good effort – had to yield to some hikers). Took Ridgeline back to JPFish so there was that bit of a climb. Rode back down Woodthrush as quickly as I could just for fun. Stopped at the fallen tree to give directions, took the go around and headed back to the car. All in all about 8.8 miles in around 1.5 hours. Need to get in more riding, but time was not on my side today. A bit more to do tonight – back to work tomorrow. BOOO!!!