Kill the Enemy. 10 things I Hate(d) About Fall.

The end of summer. 

The start of fall.  

The season for sneezin'. 

Cold.  Dark.  Shoes, socks, long sleeves.

Pumpkin brews instead of summer ale.  Football instead of the Tour de France.  Negative campaign ads. 

Comfort food.  Too depressing.  Just the thought puts on a pound.  Or five.  

Am I up to ten yet?  That was easy. 

But the Autumnal Equinox will come tonight, no matter how I feel about it.  

 When the Blackfoot had to find a way to ally with enemy tribes in order to face a greater threat, they played a game called Kill the Enemy. 

The tribe would gather and each member would take a turn to say something good about the former foe.  "They are fierce warriors."   "They have fast horses."  Eventually even the most resentful braves had "killed" the enemy and gained themselves allies instead.

Worth a try...

10 things I don't hate about fall:

1)  New bike lights!  Even the most familiar trails seem exotic in the dark - like riding on another planet.  

2)  The Walking Dead.  Finally.  What the heck has been going on in that box car all summer?

3)  Our new "double".   Popeye's idea.  Instead of the two Gainesville road centuries back to back in October, we realized we could mix it up along the way.  The off road Ride of the Living Dead on Saturday, then Horsefarm Hundred on Sunday.  Half a weekend of mountain biking is (much) better than none.

4)  Tis the season to start running again.  (OK, I am still trying to embrace this one.)  But the Dirthead Du was fun last year.  And we won hats.  So there's some motivation for getting through the first couple weeks of run resumption.

Ok, that's four.  That wasn't so hard.

It's a good thing we braved the rain for The Rocky Waters Brew Fest this weekend.  There were easily six more things there to love about fall!

Because the last six items on my kill list are really tough to love.