After yesterday’s stiff wind it felt great to ride with a light breeze and clear blue sky. I chose the “May Park Community Center – Huffman” route and biked 42.12 miles, exceeding my goal of 40 miles. These miles improved myt April total to 242.37 miles, 40% of my 600 mile goal for April.

The ride began at 11:41 AM with gorgeous weather. This probably is the first bike ride of the year where all I needed to wear was shorts and a short sleeve jersey. Weather during the bike ride: start 85 (53% humidity), fair, wind SW 9 mph. Finish 88 (31% humidity), fair, wind 6 mph. After I finished biking I saw on Tweeter that the high for the day at George Bush IAH was 90. According to Space Weather this is the first 90 degree day since October 14, 2018. I will take it!! It should repeat on tomorrow, Wednesday.

On this route I ride into Liberty County to the east of Harris County although just for a couple of hundred of feet before I turn back to the west. I don’t ride very often in Liberty County but I hope to this weekend on the Liberty Bike Ride that starts in Liberty, TX if the weather permits. As of today the forecast shows rain but that may change by Saturday. The last time I biked this route was September 20th, 2018.

At the county line I took these photos. Behind my bike leaning against the pole, covered by grass was a very large fire ant mound. I did not disturb it. The flowers were on the other side of FM 1960 as I rode back to Huffman – Eastgate Road where I turned right.

To the right of the photos with my bike is the railroad track and as I started to take photos a freight train went by.

From there I went past Hargrave High School to the May Community Center where I stopped for a few minutes to drink water and then refill my water bottle. That’s where I took these photos.

The blue sky was beautiful as rode west to FM 2100. Just east of the intersection a work crew was pouring asphalt to widen the road. Normally at the traffic light I wait a long time but today the green light came quickly thanks to the cars and trucks behind me.

Riding south on FM 2100 I made good time to FM 1960 to begin the trek to the west over Lake Houston and into Atascocita. My legs weakened from no real rest breaks as I went over some rolling streets in Atascocita and Kings River. At W. Lake Houston Parkway it felt good to coast down the incline onto the bridge regaining some of the speed I had before. Stopping at the bank for a quick errand I resumed the ride and finished at 3:06 PM. For the week I am at 86.33 miles.

With 2019 YTD miles at 1,727 I am ahead of 2018 but behind 2016 and 2017.