The rain was on the southwest side of Houston when I started the ride at 10:59 but the sky was overcast in Kingwood. Believing the weather forecast that rain might appear in the afternoon I set out to Huffman. All went well until around the 12 mile mark when I felt a couple of rain drops and a big one landed on the Garmin 510. From that point I kept a wary eye on the clouds. At Huffman I took a break and checking the weather radar on my phone it looked like rain was falling on Kingwood. I made a mental note of some places I can get out of the rain and set off towards home. Again a few rain drops landed with most coming when I stopped to take these pictures on Atascocita Shores Drive. (click on the image to enlarge it)

There were many other homes with flags out to remember those who served our country. I like these homes because they were together. We have a flag out our house as well.

I continue to ride slow. The route totaled 32.05 miles and I averaged 14.5 mph. The 21 days off plus the hospital stay sapped my conditioning and I am going to work back up to where I was before. May miles reached 200.11. The wind was 16.1 mph from the SE which did not help my riding speed and when I did get a tailwind I was able to get my speed up to 18 – 19 mph.

The avoidance of Diet Pepsi continues. At the Huffman Chevron I drank Gatorade to wash down the Kashi trailmix bar and cookies.

Tuesday and Wednesday still look wet according to the forecast. If it is wet I will watch the Giro d’Italia on BeInSport via Dish.

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