Starting at 9:15 am (early for me) I enjoyed the coolness as I rode on the greenbelt trail for about half a mile before emerging onto the streets where the sun made it a little warmer. While starting early felt cooler I noticed the higher humidity quickly but it didn’t take long for that to go down while my sweating went up. The weather while I biked: start 87 (69% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SW 8 mph. Finish 92 (53% humidity), partly cloudy, wind calm.

Due to an appointment this afternoon I rode the shorter “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route for a total of 28.14 miles, moving the week total to 140.7 miles and June to 442.3 miles, 55% of the way to June’s 800 mile goal.

I didn’t expect anything out of the ordinary but when I arrived at the Chevron station on FM 1960 at Atascocita Shores Drive tow trucks were in abundance with several Harris County Sheriff cars. Not long after the Atascocita Fire Department pulled and when I came back outside after filling my water bottle an ambulance got there. Photos:

Traffic was a mess as people made their way around the wreck scene. It appeared two cars came together with one on the back of the white tow truck above and the other to the left of the sheriff’s car in the first photo. I got on the Canyon and exited onto Atascocita Shores Drive to go east on FM 1960 over Lake Houston. When I returned all of the emergency vehicles were gone and you would never know the crash happened.

Today is Flag Day and the United States flag was on display in front of many homes and businesses. Several photos during the ride. The house I expected to see many flags displayed did not have any though.

I finished the ride at 11:27 am within my allotted time so not to be late for the afternoon appointment.

More hot and dry weather on Friday for bicycling. Sunday and Monday look to be wet.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary