No distractions to delay the start of today’s bike ride other than the prologue of the Tour de Romandie from Switzerland. Earlier this morning I had a Zoom call with two people with the Relive app. We talked about how I use their app, they showed me how to add more than one photo to a ride video, and some possible new features. The weather was slightly warmer than yesterday slowly warming up to 74 when I rolled away on my Cervelo Caledonia at 11:28 AM. I needed 31 miles to reach my 700 mile goal for April so I chose the Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive route that averages a little more than 34 miles. This took me south and east. With the wind from the east it was some hard pedaling getting to the turn around at Spanish Cove Drive but biking back to Kingwood was easier with a tailwind at times.I finished the ride at 2:11 PM.

The overcast sky kept the temperature in the mid 70’s and I dressed accordingly with a long sleeve jersey and wind jacket. Conditions: Start 74 degrees, humidity 67%, dew point 63, mostly cloudy, wind E 13 mph; Finish 77 degrees, humidity 68%, dew point 65, overcast, wind E 12 mph.

I could’ve reached my goal a few rides sooner but April weather can be fickle. Out of 25 days I biked 19. That is why my goal was 700 miles rather than a higher number. The wildflowers like the weather. One patch was on Fairlake Lane at Old Atascocita Road which can be seen in the video.

So far in 2023 I biked this route a number of times. I guess it is a good distance and time length for when I leave home. Eight of the ten rides have been on my Cervelo bike leaving two on my Lynskey bike. I rode on a couple streets that I thought were different from the usual route but Strava found 16 matching rides going back to July 2022.