Oh, My Goodness...

It is only the second night and we find ourselves in a motel.  My secret goal was to make it through the trip camping every night.   What wimps we are!  Or maybe we’re just smart. 

Weather in NE was pretty fierce today.  We missed most of it.  The tornados happened in area that we had already passed through.  We did hit a very heavy thunder storm.  Luckily, we were just coming up on a rest area and Jerry was able to pull over before things got really interesting.   Interesting in the fact as we sat in the car hail developed.  I have never before seen golf ball size hail or heard it pounding on the car roof.  Don’t worry Jack, the bikes were protected nicely with your grill cover.  While I was driving the visibility was so bad at times that traffic was going 20 mph.

So early evening we thought we had cleared all the dark skies.  Just as the snow capped mountains were coming in to view in WY so were the dark clouds beginning to gather again.  I managed to find a cheap, national forest campground close to the road.  We drove back.  The grounds were locked tight because of the fact that they had just sprayed for pine beetles.   It was starting to drizzle and the wind was a real factor. 

So here we sit.  Dry, warm and feeling like a wimp.  But that is okay.  Forecast is for scattered thunder storms and temps in the low 30s, winds up to 65 mph.   

Don't woory Jack the bikes are locked in the motel safe.

Let the adventure continue…