When I went to drop off a package around 10 AM going on a bike ride today didn’t look very promising. The windshield on the Jeep gathered small beads of rain and the temperature was in the low 60’s. Waiting and hoping the mist left and the temperature went up to 70 as I prepared to go biking. I rolled the Lynskey R300 bike out the back door and rode down the driveway, pressing the start button on the Bolt computer at 12:44 PM. Not as early as I wanted but better than what it looked like at 10:15 AM.

After biking south yesterday today I rode north on my “Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood” route. At the start I estimated the ride would cover 31 miles and the actual distance was 31.37 miles. The week now totals 116.64 miles. April totals 498.2 miles, leaving 102 miles to reach my goal. Comparing 2021 to 2020 year to date miles, 2021 trails by 30 miles at 2,559. I checked the blog post for 4/16/2020 to see where and what that bike ride was like. The weather was better and the route “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman” went longer.

I’m ready to get back to sunshine and warmer temperatures. The forecast says I will have to wait several days. Conditions today: start 70 (84% humidity, 65 dew point), overcast, wind SE 12 mph; finish 70 (92% humidity, 68.1 dew point), overcast, wind SE 12 mph. I got leg warmers out of the closet but ended up not wearing them due to the temperature warming to 70. I did wear shorts, a long sleeve thermal jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. I should’ve changed the thermal jersey to a regular long sleeve one. The wind didn’t change during the bike ride. The expected headwind returning to Kingwood wasn’t too bad. The frontage road heads SW enough to move the wind to the side and not a direct headwind. A front may arrive later tonight and off the coast by Saturday morning. Saturday’s bike ride could be affected.

Wildflowers along the road are blooming as the video shows. With the moisture in the air it waters them though we haven’t received much rain. The February cold storm doesn’t appear to hurt them.