I drove to Galveston Island for today’s bike ride. The starting point was the beach access west of the Isla del Sol water tower. As I drove to the beach access I was concerned about some electric transmission wire work on the west bound side of FM3005. The route coming back from the Seawall would be through the work zones with one traffic lane closed at 13 Mile Road. It turned out to not be a problem and actually gave me a full lane to ride in rather than just the shoulder for about a mile. I rode my Canyon Endurace CF 7 bike for 46.75 miles. Wind was 9 mph from the north which lower than earlier in the week. To avoid the narrow shoulder or no shoulder on FM3005 riding east approaching the start of the seawall I rode on Stewart Road which learned about on my previous ride last year on September 28th. Stewart Road has less traffic than FM3005, two lanes, decent road surface, and a bike lane from 7 1/2 Mile Road to 81st Street. I started at 10:52 AM and finished at 3:20 PM. Riding the seawall is a slow pace due to people walking and other obstacles. I turned around at Stewart Beach. On the way back I stopped at a Circle K for ice and PowerAde enjoying the shade while I drank it.

Some of the Strava top results: PR on 13th to Pleasure Pier (4:29), PR on Mind the Gap (1:35), PR on 8 Mile Rd to Camino Real (8:28), 2nd fastest time on San-Luis Single Lane (7:03).

Weather: Start 85 degrees, humidity 77%, dew point 77, fair, wind N 9 mph; Finish 91 degrees, humidity 47%, dew point 68, fair, wind N 9 mph.