It’s July and hot in Houston. Starting a bike ride after noon usually means hot weather and today full sun. It began at 1:06 PM with me riding my Lynskey Helix bike. With the late start I decided to ride Kingwood streets, Forest Cove and the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway. I guessed I would ride 12 to 15 miles but I ended up riding 17.18 miles finishing the week with 234.78 miles and July to date at 546.11 miles. My goal for July is 800 miles. Year to date I’ve rode 5,303 miles. I’m 18 miles behind 2021 and 144 behind 2020.

Weather conditions: Start 94 (humidity 39%, dew point 65), a few clouds, wind S 8 mph; finish 95 (humidity 47%, dew point 72), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph. The coming week looks to be just as hot and dry. My CamelBak helped keep the sun from hitting my back and there was ice left when I finished at 2:33 but it was a shorter ride than usual.

Back in Kingwood after riding on the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway I stopped on the greenbelt and took these photos.