After several days of bad biking weather today dawned with lots of sun and warmth. Setting out at 11:26 am on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I biked 35.2 miles. The fragrance of wax leaf ligustrums filled my nostrils along the ride sometimes as well as other plants. I think there was honey suckle out there too.

The weather during the bike ride: start 73 (52% humidity), clear, wind N 14 mph. Finish 76 (44% humidity), clear, wind N 13 mph, gusts 18 mph. I don’t think of April as a windy month but so far each ride in April has been fighting the wind for lengthy sections. Today the hardest part was biking east over Lake Houston on FM 1960. I pedaled hard and the Elemnt showed watts in the 450+ range for extended times. My legs were grateful for the right turn onto Fairlake Drive moving the wind to my back and the road among all of the trees.

Earlier when I stopped for the traffic light at Atascocita Shores Drive and FM 1960 another cyclist exited FM 1960 riding north on Atascocita Shores but they didn’t look my way. Later as I rode west on FM 1960 just before coming to Lake Houston a cyclist was riding east in a florescent green shirt. He saw me and we waved.

Tomorrow the weather should be a few degrees warmer and maybe not quite so windy. I plan on biking.

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