No rain on today’s bike ride. I got a late start at 12:01 pm with the heat having time to get up there. I chose the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route and rode 34.6 miles. Weather during the bike ride: start 90 (61% humidity), partly cloudy, wind calm. Finish 93 (50% humidity), partly cloudy, wind 5 mph. The light breeze didn’t hinder biking in almost any direction. It was nice to see mostly sun while I biked and there was a faint coolness whenever I was in the shade. Maybe this hung around from all of the rain. The reasons for the late start was stage 4 of the TdF and my wife wasn’t feeling well.

As I was exiting Walden on Nehoc Drive I saw some big objects in the distance where the street dead ends. Curious I rode closer and stopped at Camp Lillie Road where a tow truck was parked and the big object in the street was a large heavy duty wrecker. In front of that was an Atascocita Fire Truck with one wheel in the ditch. A couple of photos I took.

If I had to guess, the yellow hose on the ground is to empty the water tanks on the fire truck to help the wrecker get the truck out of the ditch. Not sure what the little wrecker was going to do.

After leaving the scene I rode to Huffman and stopped at the Chevron for about 10 minutes to eat some granola bars and drink cold water. The I was back on the Canyon heading to Kingwood. With the light breeze I set a steady pace riding west on FM 1960 and over the lake. Making my way through Atascocita back to W. Lake Houston Parkway the sun felt good instead of the rain from the last two rides. I finished at 2:46 pm.

More good weather tomorrow and maybe I can get out the door earlier if the TdF stage finishes earlier or I might pause it until I get back.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary