photo by: Mike Yoder

Marcia Runyon, Weatherby Lake, Mo., bicycles with her granddaughter’s family dog, Otis, on Saturday at the end of a six-mile ride on the levee trial in North Lawrence. Runyon and her husband, Norm, were visiting relatives in Lawrence on an unseasonably warm last day of the year. “It’s beautiful,” Runyon said.

photo by: Alex Garrison

Angela Watts (right) and Paul Nagy enjoy the 60-plus-degree New Year's Eve weather by eating outside Jefferson's, 743 Mass. St.

photo by: Alex Garrison

Motorcycle riders from Kansas City enjoy the unseasonably warm weather. Pictured from left are: Scott Sturdeuant, Alec Todd, Donna McGren, Shari Crisman and Gar Crisman.

photo by: Special to the Journal-World

Jerod Nieder, second from left, is recovering from a devistating neck injury he suffered on a family trip to Mexico. Pictured from left are Cale Nieder, Jerod, Sheri Nieder, Brityn Summers, Michael Nieder, Taeler Nieder.