Today’s ride included some roads I have not been on before as well as spotting a bi-plane crop duster doing his thing over some fields in east Harris County. In the video below you see a few seconds of the crop duster as he finishes and heads away to somewhere else. I saw plenty of other riders today. I am not sure of the number but 40 does not seem out of bounds. Just when I thought I was probably the stinkiest person around a skunk took the prize from me. I continue to wonder where all of the water comes from when I perspire. Just after I saw the crop duster fly off I stopped in some tree shade. As I was standing there listening to a herd of cows grunt to each other the perspiration was just dripping on everything. Later I stopped at a Chevron station in Huffman. When I got ready to leave there was a wet spot on the concrete as I stood up.

As you can see in the video the skies were partly cloudy while the temperature was in low 90’s as I headed home. The wind was from the south or southeast but less than 10 mph. Once I got home my wife and I are installing some new shelving in the garage. This turned out nicely; better than my attempt to install a new steering stabilizer on my Jeep Wrangler. As usual I needed a special tool (a pickle fork) to get a tapered bolt loose. My success is much better when I work on my bikes.

Today’s ride statistics:

• miles = 50.85
• riding time = 3:30:58
• average pace = 4:09 min/mile
• average speed = 14.5 mph
• max speed = 21.5 mph
• average cadence = 76.7 rpm
• max cadence = 108 rpm
• climb 260 ft., descend 263 ft., max elevation 120 ft.
• June miles 476.96
• YTD miles 2517.71

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