Funnels

Cakes are better than clouds.

Went for a bike ride today while we were under a tornado watch! I checked the radar and felt I'd be fine. It's not like I'm one of those guys that go surfing during a hurricane. Or am I?

Was a good ride. Road west to east so I was in a constant crosswind. Going north in some spots was treacherous! At one point I was going down an under pass and saw some kids smoking and lighting something on fire. Riding by I thought, that's odd because I smell funnel cakes. As I rode up the underpass there was a huge carnival right next to me hidden in the trees. Ahhhh those are real funnel cakes I smell! Mmmmmmm! I'd have to ride for a couple of hours though to burn one of those bad boys off.

At my turn around point, Liz texts me and says bad storms are on the way. I look up and don't really see anything too crazy. With that said, the sky was simply awesome. Full of color, and various clouds, and sunlight patterns all over the place. As I made my way back, the wind started to pick up. I could make out just the faintest mammatus clouds forming. I could see a darkness behind me and to the south that would correlate to what I saw on the radar earlier. Bahhh I was gunna be fine.

The wind continued to pick up as I rode back. Today was supposed to be a slow ride, but secretly I was getting anxious and pushing it. With about 10 min left to return to the truck ,I stopped to look back. The sky was just so busy. It had the dark menace on the left, bright radiant red sun in the middle, and rain sheets glowing on the left.In front, glowing white clouds with an occasional flash of lightning in them moved quickly against a deep gray blue sky. Suddenly, a huge gust of wind blew threw. You could see the prairie grass sit down and hear a slight howl. I wish I had my camera with me to take a pic of that sky.

Anyway, I made it back fine and watched the storm roll in. It dumped a massive amount of rain on us pretty quick. Good thing I decided not to bbq.