Turned out to be a bit longer jaunt than I expected, though, which is fine by me.
First hour there was enough sunlight but then had use my light. The large almost full moon was cool, but didn't add much light.
I went into the Park and cruised around some but my goal was a 1.5-2 mile ride across the lake on the dam road. Google Maps showed a bike path to the south along the edge of the lake that I expected would be singletrack through the woods and would connect to complete the loop. It turned out to be a very nicely maintained paved bike path. That actually made me better as I could roll faster. By the time I got there I was a solid hour into the ride and not even close to half way around.
Too many deer to count. A young buck in velvet ran alongside me for 30 yards or so. Possum, raccoon and also came across 3 young guys fishing in the dark below a bridge I took that crossed the Big Muddy River. They had flashlights as well, as one was trying to bow/arrow gar and some other species of fish but I forgot the name. I directed my intense light to the surface of the river and there were many 2-3' fish near the surface.One was close enough to take a shot but he missed.
Example of a gar. Pic hoisted off the 'net.
I broke a spoke and had to limp in back to the truck stop the last 9-10 miles......along a rather busy road with no shoulder. This was kind of a crapy ending to an otherwise fun 35 or so mile ride.
Boaters coming in.
Osprey nest in the snag out in the water. Just before sunset.
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