As sunrise gets later today’s bike ride started at 8:18 AM, later than previous Saturday bike rides. Fall is a couple of weeks away. The temperature was 10 degrees cooler than when yesterday’s bike ride began. The ride went south and east to FM 2100 where I turned north to Huffman, back over Lake Houston, and south into Walden before heading back to Kingwood. I call this my “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. This marked the 4th time on this route in 2021. I thought I rode it more often but that belongs to my “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden” route due to the construction along FM 2100. I needed 27 miles to hit 200 for the week and rode 32.24 miles to accomplish that. I saw numerous cyclists along the route once I got to FM 1960 and Atascocita Shores Drive (they are in the video). I completed the bike ride at 10:51 AM, the earliest finish this week.

It felt good riding with the sun rising up above the trees.

The coolness felt good at the start. The high humidity contributed to the cool until I warmed up. I almost opted to use one of my new Polar water bottles rather than my CamelBak but I knew it would be hot by the time I finished. Good choice. Plenty of sun this morning. Weather conditions for the bike ride: start 76 (98% humidity, 75 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm; finish 86 (68% humidity, 75 dew point), a few clouds, wind SW 4 mph. No wind to speak of though as I started riding west over Lake Houston a headwind developed but about midway across the lake it gave up.

Riding north along FM 2100 on the sidewalk some sections the weeds hang over the concrete with a few approaching big sizes. I ducked below some of them. After passing Lake Houston United Methodist Church the sidewalk ends and I moved to the shoulder and behind the barrier until it forced me back to the road. The orange barrels left enough room for me to ride to the right of them. At some point as the construction includes this area I will not be able to do this. I saw more of the new southbound lanes getting paved.