I managed to start today’s bike ride a little earlier than usual. Watching the replay of the Tour of Turkey helped rather than live. Wheels down on the Lynskey R300 bike at 10:53 AM. Today’s bike ride followed the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route though I did change the tail end of the route a little. I rode 36.35 miles to get the week off on a good start towards 200+ miles. April now totals 417.91 miles of my 600 mile goal. Unless the weather craters that goal looks reachable with 18 days left in the month. I biked 957.28 miles last April.

Good riding weather continued though the blue sky added some clouds. When I awoke this morning the temperature was 53 but the forecast called a high in the low to mid 80’s. what it was like during the bike ride: start 77 (62% humidity, 62.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph; finish 84 (46% humidity, 60.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. The humidity is increasing as the wind comes of the gulf. Wind remained light. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey. I probably could’ve left the long sleeve jersey at home but it shielded my arms from the sun.

Flowers are blooming in many places and these Knock Out Roses in red caught my eye.

My legs felt tired today. I biked every day in April which may be the cause. No Strava records today.

Leaving earlier allowed me to stop at Pat’s Donuts in Porter on the way back to Kingwood. The quest for an apple fritter continues. A lady beat me to the last two several minutes before I arrived.