THAT was close, lol...

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   Sailing through a staycation, got the 2A reinspected yesterday, this morning was tinkering with this and that.  About 12:30 it's 95* and 70% humidity ... and I ask the Mrs. if she wants to go for a ride just for the breeze.  "can we take the pup for a dawg ice cream?" 
Yes, we can take the dog for a freekin ice cream 

'Bout a half hour later we pull up to the creamery to find they don't open for about an hour...side trip to go visit her stepdad... unannounced.  All this setting up the following, lol...

After a nice visit, we head for home, except upon opening the door it is pretty apparent the wispy clouds on a bright blue sky are in the process of being replaced with angry, grumbly thunderheads ... no way we're headed north into the beast for "ice cream"... turn and burn to the south .  About 5 miles into a 12 mile ride it's spitting lightly, but the decision is made to stop for gas.  Trying to get back out into traffic it's now legit raining... and all I can do is sit, and yet the initial "aw crap" turns to laughter...cut another 1/2 mile to the south and the rain lets up... and turns to small hail pellets , but at least we're no longer getting wet! Another 1/2 mile to the south we're living on the edge, literally sun on the road and rain in the front yards to the north.  Pull in the drive way, swing around and back in the garage to ha-uge thunderclap followed almost immediately by a gully wash...  THAT was close-

I almost had to have dinner with the inlaws 

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mbullism Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member x 4 Joined: 29 May 2015 Location: MA Status: Offline Points: 4783	Post Options Post Reply Quote mbullism Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: THAT was close, lol... Posted: 06 Sep. 2018 at 10:42pm
	Sailing through a staycation, got the 2A reinspected yesterday, this morning was tinkering with this and that. About 12:30 it's 95* and 70% humidity ... and I ask the Mrs. if she wants to go for a ride just for the breeze. "can we take the pup for a dawg ice cream?" Yes, we can take the dog for a freekin ice cream 'Bout a half hour later we pull up to the creamery to find they don't open for about an hour...side trip to go visit her stepdad... unannounced. All this setting up the following, lol... After a nice visit, we head for home, except upon opening the door it is pretty apparent the wispy clouds on a bright blue sky are in the process of being replaced with angry, grumbly thunderheads ... no way we're headed north into the beast for "ice cream"... turn and burn to the south . About 5 miles into a 12 mile ride it's spitting lightly, but the decision is made to stop for gas. Trying to get back out into traffic it's now legit raining... and all I can do is sit, and yet the initial "aw crap" turns to laughter...cut another 1/2 mile to the south and the rain lets up... and turns to small hail pellets , but at least we're no longer getting wet! Another 1/2 mile to the south we're living on the edge, literally sun on the road and rain in the front yards to the north. Pull in the drive way, swing around and back in the garage to ha-uge thunderclap followed almost immediately by a gully wash... THAT was close- I almost had to have dinner with the inlaws
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DonH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 13 Feb. 2006 Location: Central Massachusetts USA Status: Offline Points: 132	Post Options Post Reply Quote DonH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 06 Sep. 2018 at 11:11pm
	Ha! Storms went by during the last hour. Heavy lightning and thunder. I remember driving the kids around on a day like this when it started raining. Found if we huddled down and drove 30mph the rain mostly went over us. Worked great until the traffic light. DonH
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cal.bar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 10 Sep. 2016 Location: So. Cal. Status: Offline Points: 767	Post Options Post Reply Quote cal.bar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Sep. 2018 at 2:22am
	LOL while I hate living here in Southern California because of all the crowds, it only rains twice a year here and we get three weeks notice in triplicate Edited by cal.bar - 07 Sep. 2018 at 4:23pm

flatfender47 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member Joined: 09 Jan. 2006 Location: Riverside CA Status: Offline Points: 646	Post Options Post Reply Quote flatfender47 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Sep. 2018 at 2:31am
	You left out the "Storm Watch" with 1/16" of rain in the forecast. LOL
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Greaser007 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 16 Jan. 2018 Location: Anderson, Calif Status: Offline Points: 850	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greaser007 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Sep. 2018 at 3:28am
	ha _ _ _ the inlaw's got tipped-0ff you were coming over and ordered-up the rain maybe. The wife and I were running cross-country through Nebraska with a trailer one year trying desperately to stay ahead of a mean storm, and got lucky. it was the week of the Black-Hills motorcycle rally and there were sun-burned motorcyclists everywhere. You know they were wind-burnt too. Here in the arid west, we can get badly wind-burnt in a willys. (on pavement) After 6-hours pavement running to get to the trail-head, i was badly wind-burnt. The rainstorm would then be a welcome reprive. Thanks for the entertaining laugh !

JeepFever Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Sponsor Member Joined: 07 Aug. 2012 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 2749	Post Options Post Reply Quote JeepFever Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Sep. 2018 at 3:31am
	Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of some close calls over the years (and some not so luck ones) That was so fun, I think I will go back and read it again.

athawk11 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 18 Jan. 2012 Location: Arvada,Colorado Status: Offline Points: 4151	Post Options Post Reply Quote athawk11 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Sep. 2018 at 4:18am
	Entertaining story. I kind of feel bad for the dog. He/she never got an ice cream.
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