After cutting Monday’s route short I decided today I would give the route another try and complete it. The route rotation leaned to a northerly ride and the route fit in. I rode through Oakhurst, out to Cumberland Blvd. on FM1314 and then back to Valley Ranch Parkway where I stopped at the Stripes station for a rest and snack. The wind was more friendly today out of the ESE at 10 mph. There was still a bite of coolness in the breeze. Knowing this might be the case I wore a short sleeve jersey over a long sleeve jersey. Regular shorts were enough, no leg warmers with the temperature at 75 when I started the ride at 2:20. Scattered clouds kept the sun moving in and out adding to the chill when I hit shade.

After I turned back toward Porter at Cumberland Blvd. on FM1314 I saw another biker ahead going the same direction. I caught him about a 1/4 mile east of Cumberland Blvd. to find out it was James Webster who I exchange emails with about biking. We chatted all the way to Sorters Road where I kept going to Porter and he turned back. Later on he emailed he emailed that he rode 22.5 miles. I ended up riding 31.49 miles averaging 15.4 mph. It was great to meet up with James. Its been awhile since we saw each other.

I started later than I planned today because the Texbiker.net website has a problem after the recent WordPress upgrade to version 3.9. The theme I use stopped displaying the Tweets the way it is supposed to so I have been trying to fix that. I am not a programmer and digging into code is not my skill but I have tracked down the problem. I may have to change the theme if I can’t figure out to fix it. Added to that my wife has been trying to straighten out Social Security for our niece. Out of the blue they moved her to another county up by Dallas but she didn’t move. It seems hundreds of other people moved too and they didn’t know it either.

The weather is supposed to be warming up over the next several days. If this holds true I should be out biking.

Mileage standings after today’s ride:

• 82.94 miles this week
• 446.05 miles for April
• 331.95 miles to reach April’s goal of 778 miles
• 1706 miles year to date

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