I rode the Atascocita – Walden -Huffman route in reverse to add some variety. This requires a little more thought than when I ride the usual direction. Along the ride I saw one bicyclists on the FM1960 causeway over Lake Houston. Later while I was getting ready to turn right onto FM2100 in Huffman another bicyclists crossed FM1960 and was in front of me about 200 yards until he got to Old Atascocita Road and turned left. I turned right and our paths separated. On Kings River Drive a tandem and a single bike were going the opposite direction while I was going to W. Lake Houston Parkway to return home. The reverse route was 31.06 miles long. My average speed suffered from the wind ending up at 14.9 mph.

It looked like I wouldn’t get to ride at all. I was getting ready and checked the radar since the sky was overcast. Radar showed rain should be coming down at my house so I went to check. A light rain was falling but it did not last long. I finished reading the newspaper to kill some time and let the streets dry. At 12:27I pushed the start button on the Garmin 510. I thought the streets would be damp but it didn’t take long to get on dry streets and it stayed that way for the rest of the ride. Every once in awhile the sun popped through the heavy clouds. The wind was strong when I started at 15 mph from the SSE and 25 mph gusts. By the time I finished the ride at 2:39 the wind dropped down to 7 mph according to the weather underground website. It sure didn’t feel like it when I was out in it. Fortunately the temperature was nice with 71 at the start and 75 at the end. I wondered if I would get home and stay dry.

The ride was the inauguration of the new Texbiker.net jersey. I received it last Wednesday but this was the first ride without needing a jacket (yesterday I wore a jacket).

Weather conditions are supposed to change later today getting wet and colder. If the forecast can be believed the next biking day might be Thursday.

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