{"id":29416,"date":"2015-04-13T15:25:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T20:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29416"},"modified":"2015-04-13T15:25:28","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T20:25:28","slug":"rain-disappears-and-i-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/13\/rain-disappears-and-i-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Disappears and I Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 8 o’clock this morning it looked like it was going to rain all day but by 10:30 the rain left and the sun came out. The roads started drying off and at 11:45 I rolled out the driveway to begin the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. The weather was great with the temperature ranging from 81 to 86 degrees. The SSW wind was 10 mph or less. It was great riding since I didn’t get to ride yesterday (Sunday) for a couple of reasons: on and off rain and my 2013 Jeep Wrangler would not start. The rain would go away long enough for the streets to dry off. I had more success with the Wrangler. I took the battery out to have it tested which turned out to be in good shape. I brought it home, put it back in the Wrangler and it started. Not sure what happened but I am glad.<\/p>\n

I was up early this morning to take our other Jeep (Grand Cherokee) to a dealer in Cleveland to check why the engine malfunction light is on. I expected to spend the day but they drove me back home which set up my being home to ride when the weather cleared up.<\/p>\n

The ride was 33.81 miles<\/strong> long. I added a few extra streets to get the mileage above 32 miles. The light wind slowed me down going to Huffman but there were places where I got my speed to 20+ mph like going east over Lake Houston on FM1960. This is a straight section with no stop lights and the wind was from my back. I built my average speed up to 15.0 mph there and increased it to 15.1 mph by the time I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for a break. It was pleasant sitting in the shade with the breeze blowing and drying me off. I am a Jeep person and as I was resting it seemed to be Jeeps on parade. They caught my eye with all of the colors and the ones with custom lifts and wheels jumped out even more.<\/p>\n

Another biker came my direction on Fairlake Drive. We waved as we passed in opposite directions. It was nice to see someone else enjoying the great weather.<\/p>\n

From the Chevron station to home I rode into the wind. It was hard to keep my speed up but I maintained my average speed unit the 32 mile point in Kingwood. By the time I rode into the driveway it settled at 14.9 mph.<\/p>\n

Not sure what Tuesday’s weather will be. The forecast calls for some rain. Maybe it won’t happen.<\/p>\n

\"Weather<\/a>

Weather when I stopped at the Huffman Chevron<\/p><\/div>\n

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