Before leaving St. George, Missouri, my Sirius weather map showed red ahead, indicating intense stormy weather, which was a first for me.  I put on my rain pants and boot covers and prepared my raincoat.  I immediately learned that the boot covers (which I hadn’t worn before) are slippery.  I stopped and took them off.  Better to have wet feet than dropped bike.  I drove further and saw lightning, so I again stopped and put on the raincoat.  I mention that the temp was over 80.  I felt I was in a sauna.

As soon as I entered the red zone I learned that Sirius isn’t joking around.  The road was unsafe for cars!!  I immediately pulled off the highway in search of shelter.  I very quickly (providence?) found an inexpensive hotel (with, of all things, an indoor pool!).  I was thinking to look for a bar or restaurant to wait it out (it was only 2PM), but the weather services had a storm warning in place until 7.  So I checked in.  Long day tomorrow.

I’m again having photo upload problems.  I’ll post my visitation stories when I get the upload issue hammered out.