I biked to Huffman today after taking yesterday off to go to the Reliant Arena for the Top Hands Show. While I was riding today I passed two other bicyclists on their mountain bikes. They were stopped on the wooden bridge along Kingwood Drive throwing some pebbles in the water. I would classify them as serious bicyclists because they wore helmets and bike clothes. Not too long after that while I rode through Atascocita a low flying jumbo jet passed overhead at what I consider a low altitude and going in a different direction from what would be expected. The IAH runways generally run east-west and this plane was flying to the northwest at a slow lumbering speed. The clouds obscured the markings and the plane slowly turned to the runway direction. This brought to mind the recent episodes of planes landing at the wrong airport. I don’t think that was a problem in this case since no other airport is close to IAH and is as big.

The ride was delayed because of morning showers and I left home at 1:01 with a cloudy sky and 71 degrees. The weather must have been favorable for couples walking a dog as I saw three of them. I also saw another biker as I returned home. One unusual sighting was this old car in Atascocita. When I stopped to take the pictures one of the dog walking couples caught up with me and we talked about the old car and their Saturday rides with a group leaving the Bike Barn shop in Atascocita. They cautioned me about the expansion joints in the streets as the woman had got a tire stuck in one and fallen over. I am not sure of the make on this old car but one of the license plates said 1931 and another one said 2014 Alaska. Which should I believe? In the second picture you can see the couple walking their dog approaching me.

The wardrobe for today’s ride was probably a little overkill. I wore a long sleeve jersey and windbreaker along with shorts. When I got to the Huffman Chevron the sleeves of the jacket were wet from perspiration and the bandana was wets as well. This screen shot from my phone is while I was at the Chevron station.

I was dressed for the 71 degrees at the time I started. By the time I got home the jacket was thoroughly wet and the bandana could be wrung out.

Biking to Huffman and back home totaled 32.73 miles at a 15.0 mph average speed. February is getting closer to the 370 mile goal: 344.23 miles. I need 26 more miles. This week I rode 157.6 miles. Year to date riding totals 673 miles.

Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com maps and metrics.

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