I biked the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route again today and this time I stopped and took pictures of the turtles on the log and they are really on my phone.

Turtles on a log

Several of them dove into the water as I unclipped from the pedals. I was far enough away I thought they couldn’t hear or see me plus I was behind the bridge railing.

I was delayed starting the ride by swim practice. I took my niece to the YMCA for Special Olympics and did not get back home until 11:15. While I waited for swim practice to finish I watched stage 20 of the TdF on my Chromebook. I started riding at 11:51. The temperature was a nice cool 95 degrees by then. It didn’t feel so hot while I was moving but whenever I stopped there was no doubt.

With the later start I chose this route to get 30+ miles and ended up biking 31.37 miles. This puts me with 22 miles of the 765 mile goal for July. So far I rode 221 miles this week.

The Huffman chevron is where I stopped for a rest break. A large fountain drink of blue PowerAde washed down a Clif bar and a whole grain fruit bar. I think I am getting burned out on both of those. I thought I took pictures of the Elemnt screen but they are not on my phone like the missing turtle photos from a couple of days ago. The break came at 20.1 miles into the ride and I stopped at 1:18 PM. I did manage to get the Huffman weather while I was resting.

As you can see the wind was not much of a factor in today’s ride. Heat was though. Looking ahead to Monday and Tuesday rain is in the forecast but only around a 50% chance. I rolled away from the Chevron station about 1:54 heading west on FM1960. The ride went as planned and I finished the ride at 2:41. Before going inside I watered a couple of plants that are suffering from the dry conditions. At my house July rain is .02″ for the month.

I may ride tomorrow after church although watching the final stage (courtesy of my DVR) may keep home.

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