For about the first mile of today’s ride I thought the weather was blue sky with some clouds but as soon as the streets turned to the south all I could see was dark clouds. I hoped my plan to ride to Huffman would still be viable. A photo at about 1.6 miles into the ride that ended up following the “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route.

By the time I rode to Kingwood Drive I felt some sprinkles and at Town Center Park I took refuge in a covered hall for a couple of minutes to see if the rain would increase or stop. While I was waiting a lady with her dog was doing some training with a dog trainer sniffing boxes after he heard the command “search”. I don’t know what was in the boxes but he smelled something and got a treat when he was successful. I decided the rain wasn’t going to increase and resumed the bike ride heading south.

The streets had damp spots but only a few rain drops fell. The sky lost some of the darker clouds but plenty of gray ones stayed around. South of the river the streets were wet but no rain. I decided to scrap the original route and see how far I could bike before getting into rain. When I got to FM 1960 and Atascocita Shores Drive the sky looked threatening to the east so I shortened the route by riding across Lake Houston to E. Lake Houston Parkway and turning back to the west.

Streets still were wet but no rain as I made my back into Kingwood to finish the bike ride at 1:03 pm after starting at 10:46 am. With the wet streets I had to wash the Canyon to get all of the grit off after the bike ride. That is what makes riding on wet streets so bad. The Canyon needed to be washed anyway though.

Weather during the bike ride: start 87 (64% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind E 8 mph. Finish 77 (77% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind 4 mph. As the ride progressed and the rain was in the area the temperature dropped. After stopping at Town Center with a damp jersey it was chilly starting back up until I got warm again.

Hopefully the weather gets better by Friday when I plan on riding again.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary