After the rainy weather this week it was nice to have a sunny day. I didn’t need to dress warm with the temperature at 83 with partly cloudy skies so I wore shorts and a short sleeve jersey. It felt great to be in the sun and the breeze moving by. Because I haven’t biked but one day this week I am behind on my mileage goal for the month. I left home at 11:30 to ride the “Kingwood – Hare Cook Road – Kingwood” route. This is a longer route and I planned to ride at least 47 miles to reach 500 miles for the month. I did that riding 47.94 miles moving my April miles to 501. This leaves me 271 miles short of my goal. I have some serious biking to do before the end of April. No more rain please!!

The ride passes through some areas that probably were very wet earlier this week but today I could not see much debris except the high water in Lake Houston as I rode on the FM1960 causeway.

As I was riding near Kingwood High School at the beginning of the ride another biker came around the corner from Kingwood Drive. We exchanged hellos as we passed. Later on Old Atascocita Road I saw another biker and we waved as we passed riding opposite directions. I wasn’t the only person out enjoying the dry and sunny weather.

Wind wasn’t a big issue until I made the turn onto Stroker Road on the way to FM2100 and then riding north on FM2100 to Huffman. My speed dropped while I was riding north to Huffman. Up to that point I had built my average speed up to 15.6 mph. When I arrived at the Huffman Chevron for a break I took this picture of my Garmin 520.

By then my legs needed a break and I was thirsty. I sat under the canopy eating a trail mix bar, granola bar and Powerade enjoying the cool breeze and watching the traffic. I decided to add some distance to the normal route by riding north on FM2100 to Smith Road and then west back to FM1960. Normally I take FM1960 west from Huffman. After checking email I took these weather screen shots.

By taking the different streets on the way back home from Huffman I added about 1 1/2 miles to the ride. Later on the west side of Lake Houston I took the longer way through Atascocita. On Kings River Drive i could see Lake Houston in one spot and the water was high but not threatening any homes. Riding north on W. Lake Houston Parkway over the San Jacinto River the water is still higher than usual but not as high as Tuesday when I biked. As I neared home I added some mileage by taking some different side streets. The ride ended at 3:23 as I pulled into the driveway. My legs were ready for a rest.

Tomorrow I want to ride about 50 miles. The weather should be great according to the forecast: 83 degrees and clear.

After the ride I called Garmin Support about my Garmin Edge 520. I have disabled the Bluetooth and today the 520 performed perfectly. My purpose was to tell them about my experiences and diagnosis on the Bluetooth problem.  I think the problem is the Bluetooth software in the 520. The tech support person I spoke with said they were aware of the Bluetooth problems and there should be a software update that will address the problem. I will be watching for the update. In the meantime Bluetooth will not be turned on.

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