The WSW breeze today is supposed to push the temperature over the 100 mark so I tried to start earlier but I think 8:42 is not as early as some bikers did. I rode south and east to Atascocita, Walden and Huffman. It didn’t take long to see other bicyclists returning from their rides. I would guess I saw 30 to 40 bikers. On Old Atascocita Road as I approached the rise to cross the railroad tracks I could hear a whir that I guessed were bikes coming my way. A few seconds later I saw the tops of several helmets and then the rush of 9 or 10 bikers crested the rise and swooshed past me in the opposite direction. They were going into the wind so the group was close together for drafting.

At 8:42 it was 82.6 degrees and as I rode into the driveway at the end my weather station showed 93.7. The sky was a clear blue providing no break in the sun. I really appreciated the stop in Huffman at the Chevron station for the cold Diet Pepsi. Later today it could hit 106 degrees. I am glad to be out and back before the real heat arrives.

I wanted to ride far enough today to reach 200 miles for the week and I did by .54 miles for 200.54 miles. June increased to 858.96. Year to date is 3298 miles. With one more riding day in June these numbers will go up but I won’t add more than 25 to 30 miles.

In addition to all of the bicyclists there were a number of boaters on Lake Houston. The water looked a greenish blue and cooling.

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