Sun greeted me as I rolled out on the bike ride at 8:21 AM, a little later than usual for a Saturday. I chose the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route as usual wondering if I would see any other cyclists due to the possible flooding in the area around Huffman.

The ride totaled 37.04 miles, boosting the week’s total to 146.33 miles. September stands at 399.91 miles, including the Zwift miles from Wednesday. I am 300 miles away from my goal for the month. If the weather cooperates I may get close.

Weather along the ride: start 76 (99% humidity, 75.3 dew point), a few clouds, wind SE 7 mph. Finish 90 (67% humidity, 77.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 16 mph. It felt cool at the start but the high humidity got my sweat rolling not long after the start.

On Saturday I usually see other cyclists as I go across Lake Houston and then to FM 2100. Today there were not very many. I found Old Atascocita Road closed from high water and FM 1960 going to Dayton was closed as well. I don’t ride north from Huffman very often but today FM 1485 was closed at the East Fork of the San Jacinto River a big sign said in Huffman.

Today’s video shows some of the cyclists and some passed before I could turn the GoPro on.

I finished the ride at 11:29 AM and when I went inside I realized how much humidity I collected as I took off my bike shorts. It reminded me of getting out of the swimming pool.

I plan on biking Sunday after church to help get closer to my goal and for sightseeing around the area.