A later start today put me in the hot part of the day as I rode the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route for 42.5 miles. The ride started at 11:45 AM and finished at 3:26 PM.

Weather while I rode: start 91 (65% humidity, 77.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 6 mph. Finish 91 (65% humidity, 77.9 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 4 mph. I wasn’t the only cyclist out in the heat.

As I neared Ramsey Road on Old Atascocita road I glanced in my mirror and saw another cyclist approaching from the back. I made a circle at the intersection to aim my GoPro camera to catch him on video and waved. He waved back. Later when I was returning to Kingwood on a side street riding to W. Lake Houston parkway 3 HPD bike patrol officers passed in front of me riding south. They looked cool in their bright shirts smoothly pedaling their mountain bikes

Earlier in the ride I stopped at the Chevron station on FM 1960 at Atascocita Shores Drive. As I walked my bike to the store a man approached me from a pickup truck loaded with stuff. We started talking and he told me about some bikes he picked up from the curb at houses in the surrounding neighborhoods. He described a Specialized square tube mountain bike and a Gary Fisher bike that were in good condition but needed cleaning. He told me about some expensive speakers still in the boxes and other stuff. He also told me about a collision he had on Atascocita Road and all of the injuries he received showing me a few scars. It was a great conversation, I just wish I had my GoPro turned on to record it.

The ride lasted 3:40:49 and covered a lot of streets. The video compressed all that time into 2:44 and hit the high points.

Wednesday the humidity should go down and the temperature go up but I plan on biking.