Getting ready to bike ride today I put the route together in my mind. I chose the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route and then made a few minor changes. The bike ride came out at 37.18 miles. A not so blustery wind made the ride much nicer than yesterday’s 13 mph wind with 21 mph gusts. Indian Summer weather ruled biking today: 86 degrees at the 11:34 AM start moving up to 90 degrees when I finished at 2:46 PM. The breeze from the SE came in at 9 mph, not enough to really impact the ride. At times I wanted more wind to help cool down.

I took a rest break at the Cumberland Shell station at 22.4 miles into the ride at 1:05 PM. The Elemnt screen when I stopped and the weather while I was resting.

Fruit punch Gatorade and some snack crackers refueled me for the remaining 14+ miles to the finish. As I was getting ready to leave the station I heard a loud squeal of tires and turned around to see a silver SUV sliding towards the Cumberland Blvd. intersection. The SUV was in the right lane and a yellow van was in the left waiting for the red light to change. Not stopping the SUV made a sharp right turn around the pole holding up the traffic lights and onto Cumberland Blvd. and into the grass before slowing enough for the driver to regain control. The SUV got back on the pavement headed into Cumberland. After I left the Shell station and rode across FM1314 to go SE on FM1314 I saw the SUV coming back out of Cumberland on the exit side of the road and back onto FM1314 to Porter. I am not sure what happened but maybe the driver didn’t see the red light in time to stop safely and slammed on the brakes. There was a man by the front of his pickup by the store and we exchanged a few gestures and words about what happened.

The rest of the ride was uneventful. I was early passing the schools in Briar Tree and Kings Manor and Bear Branch Elementary had early release well before my passing through.

With today’s ride I am at 25% of my mileage goal for October of 600 miles. Tomorrow’s weather should repeat today and I plan on a bike ride.

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