Greetings, outdoorspeople!
- Weekend forecast: Saturday; high 70, few clouds/ Sunday; high 70, more clouds
- Recommended adventure: Go for a long run. Here are some minimalist items to keep safe and happy while extending your adventures this autumn.
- Most interesting thing we’ve learned about nature this week: Animals and fungi evolved from the same single-celled protist – which might have resembled a human sperm – about 1.1 billion years ago. In fact, mushrooms are more closely related to animals than to plants.
– Sunny Montgomery, smontgomery@timesfreepress.com