The Loop Part Deux

I would have like to join the team for the Stone Arch ride, but Treb and I wanted to do the loop again tonight. We got started earlier than last week in the hopes of beating nightfall and the rain. Treb got a flat leaving his neighborhood. It was a sign of things to come.

We decided to battle the wind first, and head south. Later, we would find that to be a critical decision. Awesome ride through Prescott, and headed towards River Falls. We came upon a closed road with a bridge out. No I-beam to balance across this time, just walked around through the field.



We could see the storm cells forming to the north, and we started to question the decision of going south first instead of east.



As we approached Hudson, we could see we were right on the edge of the storm front. Tons of lightning. It was actually moving away from us. The roads were wet, but it wasn't raining anymore. We started thinking we got lucky. Not quite. After we crossed back into MN, another cell nailed us. Driving wind and stinging hard rain. It lasted about 5 minutes. As we continued west, we could see new cells developing to the south. They were even more severe. Luckily, they stayed south, and we got back to Treb's without incident. However, if we would have done the route in reverse, we would have had to come through those severe storms. Probably would have been a phone call.

I wonder if the guys on the Stone Arch ride avoided the storms?