The bike ride today took me on the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route. I left home at 11:21 under scattered clouds and 88 degrees. Wind was from the SE at 10 mph, not much a problem from the wind. The bike ride went 33.52 miles. With the fall like weather it was nice but I did sweat. This was the first time on this route since returning from my vacation. Not much changed on the streets except when I crossed FM1960 at Kings Parkway. FM1960 is getting resurfaced and the asphalt grinder removed the surface from one shoulder to the other one. I expect the work will move east but I am not sure how far that will be. I bounced across the road to the other side where it becomes Atasca S. Drive on the way to Atascocita Road.

Later while I rode east on FM1960 just before Fairlake Drive another bicyclist rode towards me but in the east bound lane of FM1960. He slowed down and picked up some road debris and moved to the shoulder to let the traffic pass. Once the traffic cleared he rode to the center of the east bound lanes and picked up a cardboard box and put it on the shoulder. As I passed him I waved and said hi. The cars should thank him.

From there I rode to the Huffman Shell station for a break at 21.6 miles into the ride at 12:55PM. When I arrived two Harris County Deputy Sheriffs were talking near my usual spot so I moved to a pole partially in the sun until they left. The Elemnt screen when I arrived and the weather while I rested.

The shade and breeze cooled me down and the blue Powerade and snack crackers refueled me for the 11+ miles to the end of the ride. While I ate a small Fiat 500 pulled up to the pumps for gas. I think my bike is longer than the Fiat and the driver and passengers were not very small people. Since it isn’t so hot I do not need the full 32 oz Powerade but I drank it anyway. I did cut back to one package of snack crackers. After refilling my water bottle I got ready to leave around 1:32. This would get me in front of the Kingwood High School traffic. When I rode up to Kingwood Drive it only took me a few seconds to get a clear path across. From there the 2+ miles to the end went smoothly. I waved at the security guard at the Bank of America as I rode through the parking lot. The bike ride finished at 2:20.

I biked 187 miles so far this month and year to date stands at 6,119 miles.

More nice weather is in the forecast for Friday and a bike ride is planned.

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