I didn’t start today’s bike ride as early as I wanted with wheels down at 9:55 AM as I waited for the temperature to get above 70 degrees. The bike ride for today followed what I call the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route with the intent to shorten the time to get to FM 1960 at Lake Houston. I like to see other cyclists and getting sooner on Saturday morning improves my chance of seeing them as come from the east. Today I saw several but if I had been there earlier I suspect more would have passed me.

Weather for the bike ride was good if a little cooler than I prefer: start 74 (64% humidity, 61.5 dew point), a few clouds, wind N 14 mph. Finish 78 (50% humidity, 57.9 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 15 mph. To combat the chill I wore a long sleeve jersey under a Texbiker.net short sleeve jersey. The wind direction from the north helped me get to FM 2100 but I expected to work harder to get back to Kingwood. It turned out to not be as hard as I feared.

Today I skipped the Atascocita Hike & Bike Trail on the return leg to Kingwood resulting in a total of 32.72 miles. The total for the week now stands at 235.77 miles, the highest week in 2020 so far. My April total is 812.93 miles, just 13 miles short of last month’s 826 miles. I should add to both totals with Sunday’s bike ride if the weather forecast turns into reality. With 4 potential biking days next week April could reach 900+ miles. I never biked that many miles in April. A summary of the times I rode today’s route in 2020.

Starting Monday bridge repairs close the northbound lanes of W. Lake Houston Parkway over the San Jacinto River. My choice of routes will be limited because of the traffic detouring northbound to the southbound bridge. Biking south might be okay but riding north will not with no shoulder and the walk/bike trail closed on the northbound bridge too. The southbound bridge has a walk/bike trail but the entrance and exit are blocked by brush on the north and brush and trees on the south. I sent an email to our city councilman, Dave Martin, requesting the brush and trees be cleared but I don’t know if it will happen.