30% Chance of Rain

Another beautiful early Fall day - I started on my wifely duties: laundry, bathroom cleaning, etc., and he spread manure and mowed a little grass. Then he comes in and says, "let's go riding." Don't have to ask me twice!

We took the LQ trailer because last evening he had started working on the old gooseneck trailer - pulling out the rotting plywood facing in the rear. He had power washed the mats and the flooring and it needs to dry, really dry, before proceeding with any restoration process. This trailer is 23 years old.

We loaded the boys in, went to the LOMH because that is easily negotiated with a large rig.

We picked the fastest way to the Woodstock Inn, if there was more time after our late lunch we could choose a longer trip back to the trailer.

NFL football was on the menu, and some were dressed in the team of their choice. I got no dogs in this fight.

After lunch we headed back and a black cloud covered the bright sky. We stopped at the Park's rest stop and felt a drop of rain. Then another. We wound our way down the narrow trail to the main trail. It started sprinkling and we booted it to the bridge. My glasses were covered in raindrops and KC was giving it up, flawlessly. Then I saw a flash of lightning, then several seconds later the thunder.

By the time we got to the roadway it was starting to come down pretty good. The lightning also persisted. We stayed under the bridge during the downpour. Vehicles were passing overhead, sounding like a "burner" in a hot air balloon. The thunder was now behind us. KC was falling asleep, Skip was dozing, too. We waited until the rain had mostly stopped.

Again, we were the last to leave, locking the gate behind us.

It continued to rain, off and on, until around 10:00 p.m. Everybody spent the night outside.