The plan for today’s bike ride was to check out the bridge work on Old Atascocita Road at the railroad tracks. I set out at 11:59 AM on what I call the “Atascocita – Walden – Old Atascocita Road” route. According to a sign I saw back in November the planned conclusion was 1/31/2019 and that is only 3 days away. Maybe the City of Houston was ahead of schedule.

Before leaving on the ride I thought it might be interesting to check the weather for Key West, FL thinking it would be warmer than Kingwood. Wrong. Our weather was going to be 10 degrees warmer at 71 compared to 61 in Key West. So much for dreaming about a warmer place there. Weather during the bike ride: start 68 (58% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 12 mph. Finish 69 (51% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SW 10. With this weather I lightened up my wardrobe somewhat: shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve jersey, wind breaker jacket, and half finger gloves. Overall I was comfortable but when the wind gusts hit while I was in the shade I felt a little chilly.

When I reached the bridge site this is what I saw.

It looks like once the digging finishes on the sides all that remains is putting asphalt over the dirt and large culvert surrounding it.

The weather changes later tonight and the next several days will be colder likely causing me to remain indoors. So far I have not brought the trainer out of the closet this month.

With today’s ride 2019 is now has the most miles YTD since 2011, just 1 mile more than 2017 though.