After several days off the bike (last ride was Monday) I rode today along the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for a total of 34.1 miles. This puts March at 809.91 miles, well past my 585 mile goal. Researching my past March mileage to 2010 this is the most miles for the month. The closest was 722 in 2016.

Wednesday the weather was all about the rain but today the sky is clear. The weather during the bike ride: start 74 (humidity 52%), clear, wind N 13 mph. Finish 76 (humidity 48%), clear, wind N 12 mph. I wore a slightly different set of clothes since the wind was from the north and the temperature in the mid 70’s: shorts, long sleeve thermal jersey with a long sleeve jersey over that. My thought was the regular long sleeve jersey would act as a wind break while the thermal jersey kept the chill out. It worked pretty good. Biking into the headwind I was comfortable.

When I got to FM 1960 and Atascocita Shores Drive before turning right to cross Lake Houston another cyclist was turn onto Atascocita Shores Drive north of FM 1960 but he was busy making the turn and didn’t see me.

Riding across Lake Houston I saw the water level was up due to the rain on Wednesday and early Thursday. It is a good thing the Coastal Water Authority lowered the water level by 2.5 feet before the rain or some places might have flooded. Cedar Landing Restaurant on the east side of the lake was almost taking in some water and might have earlier if the water level was higher. Some homes along the West Fork of the San Jacinto River have water on their property but the pictures I saw showed the homes on stilts above the water with the ground covered in water. Since Hurricane Harvey the capacity of Lake Houston and the San Jacinto River are less than before.

Returning to Kingwood along Atascocita Shores Drive there was a home that flooded but no repair work has been done. Homes on both sides are being repaired. Today I saw why no repairs were done: the home has been demolished and all that is left is the slab. A couple of dump trucks were full waiting to haul it away.

As I biked back into Kingwood I stopped at Tailwind Bicycles, a new shop that opened last October I believe. I went inside and everyone was friendly. I looked around to see what they have. I saw two brand of bikes, Fuji and Orbea, on display and some accessories. There was a large sofa by the repair area with a couple sitting there while one of the shop people worked on a bike. I think it was one of their bikes. I walked out and resumed the bike ride to the finish.

Traffic was light today with schools out for Good Friday. I started the bike ride at 12:12 pm and finished at 2:39 pm.

More great weather on Saturday and I plan on biking.

Strava Bike Ride Summary

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary