After a hard few days I am back on the bike again riding. On Tuesday my wife’s Celebration of Life and burial took place. My two daughters, two grandsons and son-in-law along with many of her friends were here helping and mourning. One thing about biking, you have plenty of time to think and cry.

I rode the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route for a total of 43.35 miles. I am behind on my goal with only 147.8 miles towards my 700 mile goal. I should be at 40% of the way to my goal while I am only at 21%. I will ride some longer rides trying to get back on track. I rolled out the driveway at 9:59 AM and finished at 1:29 PM.

Weather during the ride: start 90 (70% humidity, 79.0 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 6 mph. Finish 96 (48% humidity, 73.0 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 6 mph. While it is still hot it feels different from the heat of a few weeks ago. Fall is only a few days away and I think the weather is changing ever so slightly.

There were numerous United States flags out along the route and I captured a few of them on the ride video probably in memory of the 9/11/2001 attacks. Also a couple of other bikers popped up along the route too.

I plan on riding Friday and the weather looks favorable.