People riding bikes and hiking along the Mission Reach on the San Antonio River will often notice small planes circling the area, taking off and landing from the city’s tiny Stinson Field airport on the South Side.
Connecting to the airport is a 1-mile concrete loop trail through a 63-acre patch of city-owned forested property. While the trail itself is short, its connection to …
Made it to the domes. No mishaps today, just hella shortcuts because of the HEAT! ?? ? The ground was sizzlin’! ? ??
52 cars, 1.9/mi, 0.4/min, 22.5mph(avg), 63.7mph(max)
A longer than recent Sunday bike ride to keep up the pace for my June goal. Started at 1:57 PM riding my Lynskey Helix bike for the first time since May 22nd. The Kingwood – San Jacinto Bayou Greenway – Oakhurst route goes through a number of Kingwood villages before reaching the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway. On the first section of the greenway two deer ran across in front of me. I don’t remember seeing deer before in that area. Leaving the greenway onto Hamblen Road riding west, a brief time on Loop 494 to Sorters – McClellan Road took me north. I rode through Oakhurst but as I was about to exit a dog, maybe two, ran out behind a parked RV chasing me. You can hear the dog on the video and my shouts. The dog was staying with me as I made the left turn to West Wallis Drive but by the time I reached Timberlane he stopped barking and chasing. Unplanned excitement!. The rest of the ride went as usual. I won the Strava Local Legend on Go go go go go go go!! (2:08).
The late start after church meant hot and humid weather. The early forecast mentioned possible rain but none happened. I was soaked with sweat by the 4:10 PM finish. Weather: Start 90 degrees, humidity 72%, dew point 79.8, mostly cloudy, wind S10 mph; Finish 88 degrees, humidity 72%, dew point 78.3, mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph.
Academy ISD’s incoming seventh-graders got a unique hands-on learning experience recently with the help of a few local businesses.
Workforce Solutions of Central Texas, Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center, and United Way of Central Texas partnered with Academy ISD to present Wrenches to Wheels, a program designed to build skills and confidence through the construction of bicycles, providing students with invaluable lessons in problem-solving, mechanics, and self-reliance. …
I planned on riding my usual Saturday route, Atascocita – Huffman – Walden, and I was well on my way until the railroad crossing on Old Atascocita road. A long slow moving freight train came to a stop blocking the crossing. Another cyclist rode up and we waited, and waited. I was standing in the sun so I walked back to the shade where the other cyclist was. At 10 AM I decided the train was going to there awhile. I turned the Cervelo Caledonia around and rode back to FM1960. From there I biked east to FM2100 to get around the stopped train. On FM1960 3 cyclists pedaled to the west probably to get around the train because I usually see them on Old Atascocita Road. Making the right turn onto FM2100 it wasn’t too long before I saw a large group of cyclist riding north probably to get around the train. I usually see them on Old Atascocita Road too. At Old Atascocita Road I looked to the west to check on the train and the red crossing lights flashed the answer, still blocked. I did not see the cyclist that pulled up when I was stopped. He said he parked his car at Lake Houston Brewery and wanted to ride 30 miles because he rode yesterday too.
Starting at 8:25 AM was the earliest this week and I wanted to see other cyclists which I managed to do with the route change. The new route was on familiar streets but I don’t think ever in this configuration. I needed a new route name and decided on Atascocita – Huffman Double Back because I doubled back at the railroad crossing and again on FM2100 at Old Atascocita Road. I’ll try to remember the name if this happens again.
I claimed the Strava Local Legend on Bridge of death (5:14) riding west over Lake Houston. This is kind of surprising because many other cyclists travel there. According to the email notice my 31 times in the last 90 days was enough.
The temperature was cool but the humidity was very high. Every time I stopped sweat ran down my body. Rain was in the afternoon forecast so finishing at 11:24 AM was good. Weather: Start 76 degrees, humidity 93%, dew point 72.4, mostly cloudy, wind calm: Finish 87 degrees, humidity 70%, dew point 76.4, partly cloudy, wind SE 9 mph.
6-1-2024 Strava Summary Atascocita-Huffman Double Back
