Some fog in the area this morning slowed the sun coming out and my bike ride start. Wheels were down and rolling at 11:14 AM on my Canyon Endurace bike. Today I chose my “Huffman – Liberty County Line” route for some variety. That worked out as planned until I rode west on Huffman – Eastgate Road and encountered a road closed sign at Willy Road by the Huffman Middle School. I took the detour north and changed the route to “May Park Community Center – Huffman” adding a few miles to the bike ride. Not long after I turned onto Willy Road a cyclist approached from the other direction and we waved. Later he commented on my Strava ride activity page. He was the second cyclist I saw today. The other was on FM 1960 around Fairlake Lane, he was going west while I headed east.

With the change in the route I ended up riding 40.5 miles which put me over my 625 mile goal for October with 648.55 miles. This marked the 7th time riding this route in 2021. I didn’t venture too far into Liberty County, just long enough for a break in the traffic to make the u-turn.

Yesterday I forgot about seeing a doe in Valley Ranch. As I rode east on Azalea Blvd. to my right in the grass about 100 away a doe ran parallel before making a left turn crossing the street and into the grass and over a hill. Earlier I saw another dead deer along side the road. Today as I rode east on FM 1960 past Huffman I saw a buck deer laying in the ditch to my right between the railroad tracks and the road. He had a large set of antlers. Whoever hit him probably suffered some damage unless it was a train.

Also yesterday the two dogs at Rock Creek Drive and Northpark Drive saw me when I stopped for the traffic light. The dark brown one stood at a distance keeping silent while the brown and white dog barked at me. He moved towards me until I looked his way and he moved back repeating this until the light changed. I turned right and the brown and white dog ran parallel to me in the grass barking. He came to an abrupt stop like a fence was in his way and turned back. He does this each time I ride by there. I don’t know why he stops with plenty of open grass beside the road.

On Tuesday I noticed a drive through voting setup at the Kingwood Community Center, Today I took my driver’s license and voter registration card with and on the way back I stopped to vote. The ladies there commented I was the first person to come vote on a bicycle.

I didn’t bring a snack on today’s ride since I thought the route would be shorter. I did eat a banana before the ride and used my CamelBak for hydration. I thought I might bonk but finished the ride in good shape. On the way back I got my overall average speed up to 14.3 mph and held it until I returned to Kingwood. I finished the bike ride at 2:23 PM. It would’ve been sooner but the voting people had a problem finding my name in the list.