Storm Scare

It rained off and on all morning yesterday. We cancelled our visit to the bike shop since we didn't want to start off testing out the new bikes in the bad weather. So, we got some things done around the fifth wheel and went into work at 3 PM. It cleared a little in the afternoon until about 5 PM when we heard about a severe weather alert for Jackson that was broadcast on the TV. There was a storm coming that had hail and high winds - up to 60 mph - that was expected to arrive between 4:30 and 5 PM. I left work to rush back to the fifth wheel to prepare it for the storm. I pulled in the slides, lowered the satellite dish, brought in our chairs and plants, moved the grill out harms way and started back to the lodge when the hail started. The hail was about the size of huge gumballs that you get out of the quarter bubblegum machines. The hail was bouncing off my head and was painful until I reached the overhang along the rooms at the lodge. The winds picked up although not close to 60 mph. I suspect that the main part of the storm missed us as it ended almost as fast as it started. I returned to the rig at around 6 PM and put everything back to normal.

We were slammed at work last night and ran out of rooms with all the walk-in traffic. There were also 3 tour buses which was the most we can remember having in one night. Needless to say, we were happy to see 11 PM arrive last night and start our weekend.

We have things to do this morning - like mow the grass and do laundry - before going to the bike shop to pick up our bikes and settle with the shop owner. The weather is still questionable, but we are hoping for some nice weather this afternoon so we can ride our bikes for the first time...