A change in direction on today’s ride. I rode to the northwest on the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route. As I traveled the roads I could see some leftovers of the rain earlier this week and yesterday. Debris hung around the culverts under driveways and side streets. There were a few places water drained from the land along side the roads but not enough to cause any problems other than my moving to the center to avoid it.

I didn’t ride yesterday due to rain until noon. Just what we needed.

Compared to the last few days the weather warmed up (92 degrees at home when I finished) and the sky cleared off with far more blue than clouds. Humidity was 60% which meant lots of perspiration whenever I stopped for more than 30 seconds. The only stop was at the Valley Ranch Texaco on the US59 service road. I refilled the water bottle and ate a fruit bar. It was a quick stop. I dried some of the sweat which quickly reappeared as soon as I was back biking. The wind was from the SSE at 6 mph which helped to dry up the sweat as long as I was moving.

Grand Parkway construction on FM1314 still needs to install the beams over FM1314. The road shoulders are not open limiting my ride to the east of the construction. Rain has not been kind to construction. Tuesday evening my wife and  I went to KFC for dinner. Next door is a Taco Bell under construction. It has rained so much the contractor has a tent over the building footprint trying to keep it dry enough to work. The plumbing and electrical is laid out on the ground but no concrete poured yet. Some of the forms are in place. Outside of the tent is a giant mud pit.

I am making progress on recovering the lost miles from earlier in the year. This week I biked 101.25 miles (3 days), 502 miles this month (14 rides) and 2171 miles (64 rides) this year. Today’s ride was 32.75 miles at a 14.9 mph average speed. I had the average speed up to 15.2 mph but it fell back riding home through Kingwood.

Last night my daughter and son-in-law flew in from New York City. I bought a MTB (Motobecane 300HT) for my son-in-law to ride while he is here. We will assemble it later today and probably take a test ride.

Weather for tomorrow looks favorable for biking. 85 degrees and overcast but no rain to speak of. It should continue to dry out.

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