Riding during the autumn season....the good, the bad,  and the ugly.  The good is the changing of the colors, the fantastic scenery and the ability to see forever since with the crops removed the fields are wide open.  The bad are the little caterpillars trying to cross the country roads.  My objective is to avoid running over any of them since they all seem to be on an important mission.  Whatever that mission is I will never know but they seem determined to cross the road so I won't interfere by crushing them with my bicycle tires.  The ugly are the semis filled with grain.  Using the county roads they have turned into my lane, passed me with minimal clearance and generally are extremely rude when passing a cyclist.  I will admit on state routes I get more respect.  On my recent trek to Magnolia, most truckers gave me a load of respect.  Often they would change lanes well before they were near me and if there were a car in the on coming lane, they would slow down a place on there emergency flashers.  Tractors and other farm implements make up the second part of the ugly.  They too take most of the road and present a clear and present danger. On another note for the first time in a long time, I actually passed a tractor; a rarity. So, there it is, the good, bad and ugly of bicycling during the fall season