{"id":34029,"date":"2016-09-07T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T22:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=34029"},"modified":"2016-09-14T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T16:00:28","slug":"love-bugs-and-dirt-on-this-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/09\/07\/love-bugs-and-dirt-on-this-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Bugs and Dirt on this Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday my wife asked me if I had seen any “love bugs<\/a><\/strong>” while I was biking. I told her not yet. Well today I can now answer yes. While I was biking on Gene Campbell Road I encountered about a dozen near the WalMart Distribution Center entrance. I chose the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route today and biked 38.21 miles<\/strong>. This pushed September to 217.68 miles<\/strong>. Year to date I rode 5,884 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The weather was great again today. I started the ride at 10:09 with a partly cloudy sky and 88 degrees. When I finished it was 94 degrees with a south wind at 7 mph. With the beautiful weather I was able to get my overall average speed up to 15.2 mph.<\/p>\n

At 11:43 I arrived at the Cumberland Shell station on FM1314 for a rest break. While I was there a young man I met before rode in and we chatted while I was resting. He is from Russia. My Elemnt screen shot and the weather while I was there.<\/p>\n

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Finishing up my Gatorade I was back on the bike at 12:15 to ride the 14+ miles to end the ride. Across FM1314 Montgomery County workers were digging out the ditch and loading dirt into dump trucks. Got to keep the drainage open for rain. As I rode on the shoulder towards Porter I had to move around the dirt spilled from earlier work. Hopefully the next rain wi;ll wash the shoulder area clean.<\/p>\n

With the early start I was in front of the school traffic at all schools. I finished the ride at 1:21.<\/p>\n

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