From across the street.

So I was confident that I had made the final sanctioned visit to Norah's bench this year but this showed up on social media yesterday courtesy of our former neighbor and still active bicyclist John.

I had no choice really.  I rode over there again today.

I didn't want to post the exact same view so today I got a photo from the far side of the street.

Fall is happening as is evident from the leaves in the gutter in front of the bench.  Today I had one of those classic fall moments as I experienced my first of the season dry leaf stuck between my front wheel brake pads and the wheel rim.  This makes a very distinctive sound.

It was a very pleasant day for a bicycle ride.

LOOK at our bench

Today just barely missed the OOTNDITHODs category.  The temperature peaked into the 80s and although that is a really pleasant interlude in mid-September I now reserve OOTNDITHOD designation for days topping out in the 70s.

But it was really, really nice.  I rode my bicycle.

The Fair has been over for nearly two weeks.  The post-Fair clearout has advanced far enough that the grounds are now almost completely reopened to the public.  There was one gate closed that did cause me a little concern but I got in and out without big problems as did lots of my fellow citizens.

Clean up is proceeding but they have not yet reached the stage of returning the benches to winter storage locations.

LOOK at our bench.

And as long as I am here here are the other photos that I especially like from this year's exposition.

My two favorite girls with Babe, Paul in the background.

I missed them while they were on the slide but here they are just after finishing the slide.

Again, mommy.

That corn dog place across the street provided the best corn dog I have ever had.

Bench, bench,

and only bench.

Completing my personal collection of photographs of me with the state university football team's big trophies.

That's the axe, I already have the jug and Floyd.

BD and friend.

On our way home.

A new tradition which we just became aware of this year.

A nearby vendor informed us that the roof had already been cleared four times.  The new tradition is for young women to discard items of underwear on this rooftop underneath the sky glider.