Biking on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I rode on Old Atascocita Road. Behind me I heard the train whistle and saw the Amtrak train going through the crossing. Up ahead at the FM2100 intersection I saw something orange to the left of a white truck on the other side of the passing FM2100 traffic. As I rode near the intersection another bicyclist cross FM2100 and rode towards me. I waved and said hi and he returned the greeting. He wore a bright orange jersey and black shorts but I didn’t recognize him.

Turning left onto FM2100 to ride to Huffman the wind tried to slow me down. The weather was picture perfect with a clear blue sky, 81 degrees with that NW 8 mph wind going my direction. After riding around a slight right hand bend I heard sirens coming my direction. A minute or so later a big Houston Fire Department Hazardous Materials truck raced by and not too long after another Houston FD HazMat truck with sirens blaring zoomed by. FM2100 could take them to numerous chemical plants or maybe it connected to the Houston Fire Trucks passing me on W. Lake Houston Parkway earlier in the bike ride. Later when I rode north along W. Lake Houston Parkway back in Kingwood the fire truck from Kingwood drove north headed back to station 102.

After the HFD trucks passed I rode to the Huffman Chevron. At first I wasn’t planning on stopping but I changed my mind and rode under the pump canopy for a short break to eat the Kashi Trail Mix bar I brought with me and drink some water. My Elemnt computer screen and weather screenshot when I stopped.

I only stopped about 5 minutes and rode back onto FM1960 at 1:19 to finish what ended up being a 32.85 mile long bike ride. Biking west the wind resistance wasn’t too bad and I improved my overall average speed to 15.0 mph by the time I got to the west side of Lake Houston. Riding through Atascocita Shores I took the longer route by the golf course where several people were playing. The owners of the course are working on returning it to a well manicured course after several years of neglect from the former owners.

Today’s bike ride moved me over my November goal of 250 miles to 265 miles. Yesterday I was wrong on my YTD miles thinking I was at 7,074 miles. The correct YTD is 7,077 miles including today’s ride.

The great weather is supposed to continue tomorrow so I plan on riding. Friday a “cold” front could pass through around noon with some rain and much cooler temperatures.

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