Spring Creek Greenway To Pundt Park, San Jacinto Bayou Greenway Back To Kingwood
I decided today was the day to ride the Spring Creek Greenway to John Pundt Park. The late summer weather was just right and I managed to start the ride relatively early rolling out at 10:03 AM on the Canyon Endurace CF 7 bike. Counting today this was the 7th time biking this route in 2023, four times on the Canyon, 2 times on the Cervelo Caledonia, and once on the Lynskey Helix. The average distance for 2023 rides is almost 44 miles and today I rode 43.11 miles improving my position towards November’s 360 mile goal to 141 miles, 39% of the way. This is more road miles than the whole November 2022; I was on a trip half of November 2022 out of state.
Being a Monday in the fall I didn’t know if the greenway would be busy or deserted. It turned out in the middle. When I arrived at the US59 trailhead there 8 vehicles parked, one with bikes on a rack. On the greenway I passed more than a dozen cyclists, some in both directions. Walkers and a jogger plus a skateboarder, too. The parking lot at Jesse Jones Park had a few cars. Two looked like they had bikes inside and one man yelled hello as I passed. PundT Park had about the same number of cars but I didn’t see any bikes. On the greenway I passed a man walking 4 dogs. When he came to Pundt Park I remarked at the number of dogs he had. I stopped at Pundt Park for a few minutes for a snack before heading back to the US59 trailhead. The clouds increased but I didn’t notice how much because of the trees. Wind was not too strong. The direction of the wind made it neutral riding both directions, very unusual.
The way back went on the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway and bike route through Forest Cove. I passed two cyclists on their MTB’s.
One Strava top result: 3rd fastest time on MM7.0 to 59 (29:08).
Weather: Start 77 degrees, humidity 76%, dew point 68.6, mostly cloudy, wind calm; Finish 81 degrees, humidity 57%, dew point 64.2, overcast, wind SW 10 mph. I wore my usual summer kit: shorts, arm sleeves, and short sleeve jersey. Fall weather might make this the last ride on the Spring Creek Greenway this year.
