More clouds than yesterday as I started today’s bike ride at 11:23 AM. Rolling out on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike I began what I call the “May Park Community Center – Huffman” route. This route goes south and then east to Liberty County where I turn around heading a short distance to the north then south, west and then north back to Kingwood at 2:21 PM.

I couldn’t remember how many miles this route runs but I ended up with 39.66 miles. The week now totals 78.21 miles and April 836.53 miles. With 3 potential biking days left in April I could hit 900+ miles but the weather forecast has some rain in it. Year to date I am at 2,898 miles, 62 miles less than this point in 2020. I’m staying close.2020 was my best year mileage wide.

Overcast and breezy describes today’s weather: start 77 (82% humidity, 70.9 dew point), overcast, wind SE 15 mph; 77 (85% humidity, 72.1 dew point), overcast, wind SE 13 mph. East of FM 2100 some rain drops fell on me but not enough to get me wet. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey over it. That was a good combination with the wind and high humidity.

At the Liberty County line I didn’t get to actually ride across due road construction. I talked with the flagman and he said they are replacing the chip and seal with real asphalt. The next ride I should be able to ride more into Liberty County, maybe all the way to Dayton. It has been a long time since I biked to Dayton, probably before I had a GPS bike computer.