Today’s bike ride is interrupted to bring you some light rain. I planned to ride to Huffman when I started the bike ride at 12:07 PM but around 3 1/2 miles it started to rain lightly but not enough to stop pedaling. Continuing on to Town Center Park, another 3+ miles, the increased to the point that I took shelter at the 7 mile mark at a dentist office. I waited there about 15 minutes until the rain stopped but the streets still wet. As I rode I thought of different routes I could take if the streets to the south were wetter or the rain awaited. But around 10 miles the streets turned dry so I decided to ride the “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route to get more miles. I ended up riding 27.34 miles which pushed this week to 216.96 miles, the second week in a row over 200 miles. March now totals 789.65 miles, 204 miles above my goal.

Weather during the bike ride:start 75 (75% humidity), mostly cloudy, w ind 4 mph, light rain. Finish 72 (86% humidity), overcast, wind NW 7 mph. With the wind much lighter than during Friday’s ride I opted to wear shorts and a long sleeve thermal jersey and was comfortable even when the temperature dropped a few degrees while it rained.

I saw more damp roadway as I crossed Lake Houston on FM 1960 but no rain fell. I trailed the rain far enough for the wet spots to start drying as the traffic stirred the wind up. A cool front should arrive later today and I think the wind had some chill in it as I rode west over the lake.

Back on W. Lake Houston Parkway headed into Kingwood I stayed on it to avoid the activities in Town Center Park. As I rode through the hardware store parking lot Ronnie Clark crossed the parking and recognized me calling my name. Ronnie and I biked together numerous times. We talked for several minutes and he told me about the 1966 VW Bug he is working on. We agreed to bike together again as we parted. I rode home waiting for traffic around HEB and finished the ride at 2:45 PM. Then I washed the Canyon bike to clean off the dirt from riding in the rain and on wet streets.

Sunday does not look hospitable to riding with the high of 59, below my cold threshold. A good day to rest since I biked 13 days in a row.

50 miles ahead of 2018, 68 miles behind 2017, 34 miles ahead of 2016.