A funny thing happened on Friday. I was driving #083 on some country roads. I was on my way to the track in Willows, CA -- Thunderhill. I checked the weather reports very carefully before leaving the house, because I do not have the roof installed on #083 at this time. The weather report said "Partly Cloudy" and I believed it, since it hardly ever rains here in Northern California before November.
As I drove along, in the middle of nowhere, very quickly dark clouds came together right over me! It looked like a tornado might be forming. I could see blue skies in the distance, but suddenly I had a dark thunderhead ready to burst just above my head.
There was no shelter in sight and the wind was coming up, so I didn't want to pull over and get out my 60" golf umbrella from the boot. I kept driving.
Just as the rain started, I spied a carport in front of a machine shop and ducked the Spyker under it for cover. What good luck! My friend snapped a picture.
The owner of the machine shop came out and talked with us during the half hour or so we waited out the rain. He showed us doppler radar on the Internet and we saw that the storm was very heavy along our projected route, so I turned tail and fled South to home and switched cars.
What good luck!
As I drove along, in the middle of nowhere, very quickly dark clouds came together right over me! It looked like a tornado might be forming. I could see blue skies in the distance, but suddenly I had a dark thunderhead ready to burst just above my head.
There was no shelter in sight and the wind was coming up, so I didn't want to pull over and get out my 60" golf umbrella from the boot. I kept driving.
Just as the rain started, I spied a carport in front of a machine shop and ducked the Spyker under it for cover. What good luck! My friend snapped a picture.
The owner of the machine shop came out and talked with us during the half hour or so we waited out the rain. He showed us doppler radar on the Internet and we saw that the storm was very heavy along our projected route, so I turned tail and fled South to home and switched cars.
What good luck!
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