So it was a beautiful day and I had part of a workday off, so I headed over to George Bush park. It is out by I-10 and Highway 6, so it is about 20-30 minute drive for us inner-loop folk. What it offers, though is a 22 mile out and back ride without any stop signs or traffic lights.
There are a few places to park, but at Highway 6 / Briar Forest there is parking lot and it is on the eastern most end of the trail.
Mile 1: Slight uphill about a 0.2% grade
Mile 2: Slight uphill about a 0.2% grade
Mile 3: Flat - you actually enter George Bush park
Mile 4: Shallow uphill about a 0.1% grade
Mile 5: Slight downhill about a 0.2% grade
Mile 6: Shallow downhill about 0.1% grade
Mile 7: FlatMile 8: Flat
Mile 9: Goes over a wooden boardwalk, gets bumpy
Mile 10: Flat
Mile 11: Very windy with tight turns.
On the way back, when you are tired, even the 0.2% grade feels like the Col du Tourmalet. In all fairness, per bikecalculator.com, you would lose about 0.75 mph on a 0.2% grade, given the same other variables, so it's not nothing, although 0.2% sure sounds like nothing.
Mile 3: This is when you actually enter George Bush park
Mile 3 (anothers) be careful of a few narrow openings if you are a novice rider.
Most of the travel is qute scenic
The boardwalk on mile 9: It gets quite bumpy
Mile 11. Either the turnaround or the start if you parked on the west side
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