A slight hint of a weather adjustment when I started today’s bike ride at 8:58 AM. the humidity was about 20% lower than yesterday’s ride at 64% and the dew point was a couple of degrees lower too. It didn’t feel like I was riding in a wet blanket for awhile. The temperature forecast didn’t change though, still 100+ by the afternoon. According to Space City Weather this will only last about 36 hours and then back to higher humidity and hot. Weather for the bike ride: Start 85 degrees, 64% humidity, dew point 71.8, a few clouds, wind NW 6 mph; Finish 94 degrees, 51% humidity, dew point 73.4, a few clouds, wind N 7 mph. I finished at 11:55 AM avoiding the 100+ part of the day. After the ride I watched the Vuelta a Burgos from Spain where the terrain looked like the drought dried land here.

I rode my Cervelo Caledonia bike on the route I ride most often in 2023, Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive. SportTracks shows this was the 19th bike ride to Spanish Cove Drive. I saw several cyclists during the bike ride but no groups. I like this route because of the mixture of main streets, side streets, and rural roads. The start is easy and I memorized all of the bumps and potholes, even where the nails are at. A number of my routes sprout from this one.

A visit to Donald’s Donuts fueled me for the last 10 miles. The blueberry cake donut hit the spot and the few minutes in cool air refreshed me too.

I experimented with an external mic on the GoPro camera and it was not very good. Please excuse the poor audio in the video. I will use the GoPro Media Mod mic in the future.