It was hot and sunny as I rode the Stroker Road – Huffman route southeast of home. Early in the ride some darker clouds were to the south as I came down W. Lake Houston Parkway but they didn’t hang around long. I did see some puddles in low places in Huffman at the Whistle Stop Salon parking lot. It must’ve rained but there was enoguh time to dry out everything but these puddles.

I left home at 11:25 and returned at 2:45. The home weather station reported 91.9 degrees, calm wind, 102 heat index with 57% humidity. I sweat heavily riding. Dipping my head to the right allowed a bunch of it to drip on my leg and the pavement. Whenever I stopped my arms were covered in sweat. I stopped at a Shell station on FM2100 south of Huffman to refill my water bottle. While I was there I used three paper towels to wipe some sweat off but ti didn’t stay gone for long.

The route was longer than usual totaling 40.33 miles, about 2 miles longer than usual. I added some as I left the house and later in Walden I continued on Cross Country Drive, the new street I figured out to connect with Nehoc Street to exit Walden. When I reached FM2100 I went straight on Old Atascocita Road versus going right on FM2100 to Stroker Road. This doesn’t change the distance only the scenery view. Wind was not much of an issue issue today. Today is the second ride this week over 40 miles long.

The rest stop was at the Huffman Chevron. I took about 30 minutes to rest, cool down, eat some snacks and Powerade. There was a Harris County Precinct 3 deputy constable at the Chevron. When I went inside to get the Powerade she asked if I was inside to get cool and I answered no, it was too cool and not good to stay inside. Later when she left she told me to ride safely. I said I would and thanked her.

Average speed slowly increased to 15.1 mph then 15.2 mph topping out at 15.4 mph. By the end of the ride it drifted down to 15.1 mph as I rode the last 2 miles home in Kingwood.

Mileage standings: 153.49 miles this week, 398.41 miles for June, 2631 miles for the year. The goal for June is 968 miles, 570 miles away. Average ride distance this month is 39.84 miles.

Huffman weather during the rest stop

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