It was one of those days when I would have been happy to spend the entire day at the park. The weather was, to my mind, perfect and it felt good to be back on the trails after only one hot and humid outing last week.

The trees at the park are fading to different shades of pale green and the ash trees are the first to show any real color. I love the fall color of the white ash and several years ago I moved a volunteer from the back of the property to the front where it's done well but it changes color later.

There were lots of Canada geese on the wing and for some reason they were almost all flying west this morning.

It feels good to be back in the routine I've established over the past four months. I'm going to take the advise that's been offered and not worry about any specific weight goal. I'm going to stick with this routine and, for the most part, the same daily targets for the next month just because I've felt so good doing it and I'm assuming I'll lose a few more pounds eventually.