Today’s bike ride got rained out. I started out at 10:20 AM planning on riding to Huffman but by the time I reached 6 miles the rain started. To add to the drama in my race to find shelter several places on the sidewalk along Kingwood Drive still had trees down and I had to detour around them. I rode to Town Center and found a pass through hallway that I used before to get out of the rain.

At the intersection of Woods Estate Drive and Valley Manor Drive two women were standing and talking with two large black dogs. As I approached the intersection the two dogs ran to me barking and growling. I yelled at them and the women called the dogs who ran back to the women. I turned back and yelled at the women that the dogs should be on leashes and one of them hooked the dogs on leashes. Dog owners have no idea how their dog will react to a biker.

After waiting about 30 minutes the rain let up and I rode south to the library thinking I might continue the ride. Looking towards Huffman the sky was dark and thunder was coming from that direction. So I decided biking wasn’t going to happen today and turned back.

As I passed the Houston Police Substation on Rustic Woods Drive I spotted this vehicle.

Above the truck the sky is dark and the rain was waiting for me. About 3/4 of mile from home the rain started coming down hard soaking me by the time I pulled in the driveway and got under the breezeway at 11:54 AM.

This may be the weather until Saturday but I will try to ride if the weather allows.