I revisited the Spring Creek Greenway on today’s bike ride. Starting out at 9:50 am the weather had heated up yet. Biking through Kingwood to Forest Cove and Hamblen Road brought me to the pedestrian/bike bridge to cross the San Jacinto River and enter the greenway trail head. One nice advantage of the greenway is the abundant trees and the shade they provide over the route. I estimate 60% of the ride had shade which helps to combat the summer heat.
Weather during the bike ride: start 87 (67% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph. Finish 92 (55% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind SE 18 mph. On the return leg from the western termination I come to some places where the road surface was damp from a light rain before I arrived. I did get a few sprinkles as I got close to Jesse Jones Park riding east. That probably explains the wind speed jumping from 7 mph to 18 mph. I could see some darker clouds but none directly overhead.
With my previous experience on the greenway I planned water stops better. Instead of running out of water I refilled at Jesse Jones Park before continuing to the west, refilled at Dennis Johnson Park after biking to greenway termination instead of before, stopped at a park to rest and drank from the water fountain though it wasn’t cold water, and refilled again at Jesse Jones Park before bicycling to the I-69/US59 entrance/exit. This took me at the way home with water left. The Wahoo ride summary screenshot shows the ride when I stopped at the park for a rest break and drank from the cool water fountain.
While I sat at a picnic bench beside the greenway I ate some strawberry Newton cookies and drank water. When other cyclists passed I took there picture.
These were just a few of the other bikers, walkers and joggers out on the greenway. I did not see any constables patrolling.
Riding speed was better this time using the Canyon bike over the Blue Norcorss AL bike. There is a 15 mph speed limit except for places where horses cross the trail where it drops to 10 mph. I rode around 14 mph sometimes going higher on downhills and slower on the uphills.
I biked 42.39 miles today which is a couple miles less than my previous trip because I didn’t get lost today. There are couple of places where the greenway could use more signage. One intersection offers four choices without a hint of which one is correct. I chose one based on the horse warning sign. I did see some horses beside the greenway today but not on it.
I took a rest break at Jesse Jones Park before riding back to I-69/US59 to get some water, eat a couple of granola bars and give the rain clouds time to move out. At times it sounded like rain hitting the leaves on the trees but it could have been the wind rustling them too. This time I found the correct entrance to the trail in the far end of the parking lot rather than riding a rectangle side trail and then coming to the greenway at a bridge with a deer stand on the ground.
Biking back to I-69/US59 I stopped and took these photos.
With today’s bike ride the Canyon Endurace CF SLX has 3008 miles under its tires. I am at 183.1 miles for the week, 484.7 miles for the month and 3387 miles YTD.
Finished the bike ride at 1:48 pm. Riding time was 3:14:59.
Saturday weather is when the rain stuff gets closer but I plan on biking before it gets to be a problem.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
