{"id":53938,"date":"2020-08-24T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=53938"},"modified":"2020-08-24T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T20:00:14","slug":"approaching-hurricane-painful-obstruction-bills-in-the-grass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/24\/approaching-hurricane-painful-obstruction-bills-in-the-grass\/","title":{"rendered":"Approaching Hurricane? Painful Obstruction, Bills In The Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Approaching Hurricane? Painful Obstruction, Bills In The Grass - Bike Ride to E Lake Houston Pkwy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hgVZumnSDCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t plan a week off the bike but it happened. Last Tuesday I started feeling bad and by Wednesday noon I decided to go to the emergency room. After sitting in a 50 degree emergency lobby for several hours they admitted e for a small bowel obstruction. Not the first time this happened to me with last time in May 2014 while my wife and I drove home from a cruise in Miami. We made it to Wesley Chapel, a suburb of Tampa. We found the Florida Hospital thanks to a Walgreens store. The reason I mention the last time, the surgeon at Memorial Hermann Northeast looking me worked at Florida Hospital when I was there in 2014. He also is a cyclist focusing on triathlons. Last Saturday they released me and today I took my first ride, a slow, easy one on the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; E. Lake Houston Parkway&#8221; route for a total of <strong>27.7 miles<\/strong>. It felt good turning the pedals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting at 10:35 AM the weather warmed up to 85 with a 7 mph breeze from the north. At the 12:57 PM finish it hit 90 and the wind came from the east at 9 mph. Lurking in the Gulf of Mexico two storms, Marco and Laura, might affect my biking over the next several days. For now Marco doesn&#8217;t have the punch Laura could be building up to. As I write this Laura could make landfall late Wednesday around the Texas &#8211; Louisiana line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A strange incident during today&#8217;s bike ride after I made the turnaround at E. Lake Houston Parkway heading west I passed an older pickup truck parked on the shoulder with the driver&#8217;s door open and sticking out into the road. In front of it in the grass a man a boy roamed about looking for something in the grass. I waved as I rode by but not too long after that I spotted a 20 dollar bill laying on the shoulder. I rode by and then saw another one in the grass. I stopped picked it up and turnaround riding back to the first dollar bill. I picked it up and the boy walked towards me. I saw he had money in his left hand and asked if he was looking for the money I had. He answered, yes, and I handed the two $20 bills to him. Maybe I should&#8217;ve asked how they got spread along the road but I didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the days off the bike reaching my 800 mile goal looks doomed. Here&#8217;s how I stand after today&#8217;s ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"717\" data-attachment-id=\"53935\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-24-2020-mtd-mileage-goal-status\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?fit=767%2C717&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"767,717\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8-24-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-24-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?fit=481%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?fit=642%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=767%2C717&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"8-24-2020 MTD Mileage Goal Status\" class=\"wp-image-53935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?w=767&amp;ssl=1 767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=481%2C450&amp;ssl=1 481w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=642%2C600&amp;ssl=1 642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-MTD-Mileage-Goal-Status.jpg?resize=513%2C480&amp;ssl=1 513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/3960070192\">Link to my Strava activity page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1051\" height=\"989\" data-attachment-id=\"53937\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-24-2020-strava-bike-ride-summary-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?fit=1051%2C989&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1051,989\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"8-24-2020 Strava Bike Ride Summary-2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-24-2020 Strava Bike Ride Summary-2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-2.jpg?fit=368%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-24-2020-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary-2.jpg?fit=491%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" 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Last Tuesday I started feeling bad and by Wednesday noon I decided to go to the emergency room. After sitting in a 50 degree emergency lobby for several hours <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/24\/approaching-hurricane-painful-obstruction-bills-in-the-grass\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[5298,5324,2492],"class_list":["post-53938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-atascocita-walden-e-lake-houston-parkway","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-road-biking"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-e1Y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53939,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53938\/revisions\/53939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}