The bike ride started at 11:11 AM, a little later than I wanted but better than not at all. I chose the “Kingwood-E Lake Houston Pkwy Fire Station” route wanting to get enough miles to stay on the pace to reach my goal for July. I biked 30.4 miles pushing the week to 93.43 miles and July’s total to 524.68 miles.

Weather during the bike ride: start 95 (61% humidity, 79.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph. Finish 91 (71% humidity, 80.0 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph. East of Lake Houston I rode in a light rain but on the way back west as soon as I got to the causeway it stopped. As I neared the end of the ride I could hear thunder in the distance and there were dark clouds to the north. I finished the ride at 1:33 PM avoiding the rain after I crossed Lake Houston heading back to Kingwood.

Bike rides may become scattered in the future. My wife, Hazel, is in hospice care due to cancer that has spread. She is not too bad so far but is getting weaker as time goes on. For now one of daughters (and son-in-law) is here with us and helping but I am not sure how long that may continue. It saddens me so much to see my wife of 43 years going through this but the Lord is watching over us and the hospice staff are there too.

Relive ‘Morning Jul 17th’