The weatherman was right on this one. Blue skies, 85 degrees at Bush Airport, variable winds of 7 mph. It was 91 degrees at my house on my weather station. I did not get an early start  leaving home at 11:19 AM I would have left earlier but my cellphone battery was empty so I waited for it to charge. It was slow so I ended up taking my wife’s phone. Some things I saw on my ride:

• 6 or 7 other riders headed west while I was going east.
• Lots of wildflowers. Along US90 east of Crosby Indian Paint Brushes were brilliant orange. The front yard of one house in Crosby was covered with Bluebonnets.
• A funeral procession was heading north on FM2100 from Crosby, each car pulled to the shoulder and stopped. In deep east Texas I have seen men stop their pickups on the side of the road, get out, and take their hat off when a funeral procession went by. This is quite touching.
• At the Chevron station in Huffman I talked with a lady that is going on her MS150 ride in 2 weeks. She is so excited. She was telling me about her dog encounters and how she is always at the back of the riders because she is slow. We exchanged some stories.
• Going across Lake Houston I noticed a big white cross on one of the islands north of the causeway.

Today’s ride statistics:

• miles = 46.11
• riding time = 3:05:55
• average pace = 4:02 min/mile
• average speed = 14.9 mph
• max speed = 21.9 mph
• average cadence = 78.2 rpm
• max cadence = 104 rpm
• climb 230 ft., descend 167 ft.
• April total miles = 86.22
• YTD miles = 972.98

Charts for today’s ride

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MY Garmin Connect version