{"id":25104,"date":"2014-07-26T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T19:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=25104"},"modified":"2016-11-12T20:21:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T02:21:21","slug":"north-extremes-of-lake-houston-and-san-jacinto-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/26\/north-extremes-of-lake-houston-and-san-jacinto-river\/","title":{"rendered":"North Extremes of Lake Houston and San Jacinto River"},"content":{"rendered":"

Needing 40 miles to reach my mileage goal for July I decided to ride the “New Caney – FM1485 E – Huffman” route around the northern extremes of Lake Houston and the San Jacinto River. I ended up biking 45.22 miles<\/strong>. This put me 4.75 miles<\/strong> over my goal. I started somewhat earlier than usual leaving home at 9:18. The weather was compatible with biking when I started: 82 degrees, scattered clouds and a light SW breeze. The last time I rode this general route was June 21st. That ride was a little shorter by a half mile. This route is one of the few with no duplication; I like that.<\/p>\n

Returning home at 12:58 the temperature had increased to 95, humidity was 57%, scattered clouds and a 10 mph SW wind. I tolerated the weather pretty well but the last 11 miles home was into the wind until I turned north into Atascocita and my pedaling bogged down whenever I was out in the open. I stopped at the Huffman Chevron (can’t resist this place if I go to Huffman) for about 30 minutes to eat a couple of trail mix bars and rehydrate. Sitting under the pump canopy the SW breeze felt nice as I cooled down and dried off. Today I did not avoid getting sweat on my glasses. I was in the Commons of Lake Houston when that happened. This is really not that big of a deal except my sight is blurred until it runs off and drys. The Headsweats headband did good other than that. I almost wore one of the tube scarfs and the headband but it felt too bulky to fit under my helmet’s headband. When I was at the Chevron there was a motorcycle couple resting and it looked like they were wearing the $19.95 As-Seen-On-TV scarfs. I almost asked them if they were those scarfs but they were talking to another man.<\/p>\n

On this route there is a 2 mile section on FM2100 where there is no shoulder. This concerns me but today only 5 vehicles passed me in that section going my direction. The first one turned on his flashers while slowing down to pass me. I thought that was nice. One of the 5 was a motorcycle so that shouldn’t really count.<\/p>\n

Mileage standings:<\/p>\n