Day three - Two states, rain, thunderstorms, rain, and Bob

The ride started in Hurricane, WV in hot, sticky weather that smelled of rain. Within about 40 miles, a light rain started and I pulled off to a Bob Evans. Then the sky opened up, and down came the rain in buckets. Thanks to the nice waitress and manager, I was able to sit for a couple hours sipping coffee and waiting for a break in the weather. Finally, it came, and I took off in a light shower.

That quickly changed back to downpours, at times so hard it was difficult to see. I pulled off at this gas station, filled up the tank, and waited until the heavy stuff passed, and then I was off again. I kept thinking of those cowboys from years ago, trudging for days on horseback with no protection and days between towns.



It stormed almost the entire way - 150+ miles of ugly rain, thunder, and lightening. But I finally got to Richmond KY and met up with a couple of VROCers who had just pulled in. They had rain for about 30 mins....me, over several hours! The map below is the route that I took, and the red hashes are where I ran into storms.



I know someone is saying "why didn't you wait until it passed?' The forecast called for worse weather tonight and yet worse for tomorrow. As I am sitting here in the hotel looking out the window, I see blue sky and sun shine. I hate weather forecasters.... 8^(