When my alarm went off this morning I checked the weather and found winter had arrived, it was 51 degrees and when it is below 60 I think its winter. I hoped it would warm up by the time I got home from church. It did warm up by the time I started the ride at 2:11 PM to 73 degrees. With the stout wind I wore a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve one as I rode my Lynskey Helix bike. I wanted to ride at least 23 miles to not lose any ground on reaching my 700 mile goal for October. I wanted to ride a route different from last Sunday and came up with Kingwood – Forest Cove – San Jacinto Bayou Greenway. No new streets but in a different combination. When I finished at 4:08 PM I biked 23.93 miles improving the week’s total to 154.45 miles, just a little bit behind the pace for my goal. Two days of rain this week kept me indoors. The weather forecast calls for warmer weather and maybe rain towards the end of the week.

Weather conditions: Start 73 degrees, humidity 39%, dew point 46.6, clear, wind E 8 mph gusts 24 mph; Finish 73 degrees, humidity 40%, dew point 47.6, mostly cloudy, wind gusts 24 mph.