Storm Riders

Last night at the last minute Kolton and I decided to take my dad's Harley for a spin around town. So we hopped on and away we went. 

 We didn't get too far down the road before we hit a bit of a rainstorm. The wind was blowing like crazy and the rain felt like tacks being thrown at us.

We heard some weather advisories come across the radio and decided to take a quick stop at the gas station to fuel up and see if the storm would pass as quickly as it had come on and we would be able to continue on to town. 

We sat in the gas station for about ten minutes and after some calls to family in Idaho Falls who said the weather was beautiful there, we decided to journey on.

 We hit a little patch of rain on the freeway, but other than that it was smooth sailing. 

We took the scenic route (more scenic than the freeway, anyway) and had ourselves a nice ole time. 

When we got into town we made a stop at our favorite Olive Garden for some chicken and shrimp carbonara, our dish of choice that we always split.

 After that we cruised around town for a little bit. The sun was warm, we had our music going and as we went around the roundabout I had the "we could be in a movie" feeling. 

Because everything was just that perfect.

We made a quick stop in at the mall which ended up being a little longer than we had planned because we were in search of some shoes to go with some church pants Kolton got for Easter. 

Of course we didn't find what we were looking for, because it is my belief that one of the cardinal rules of shopping is that if you are looking for something specific it somehow seems to magically vanish from all shopping venues no matter how many of that specific thing you have seen previously. 

I don't even know if that makes sense, but it happens to me All. The. Time. 

So after our quick stop at the mall ended up being a long-ish stop at the mall, when we finally emerged (with still no luck on the shoe front) we noticed it was getting pretty dark outside. This didn't worry us until we looked in the direction of the way home and noticed big black storm clouds brewing. 

We jumped on that bike and jetted outta there fast. When we pulled onto Sunnyside we had a clearer view of the angry black clouds and an even better view of the huge bolts of lightning that were not that far in the distance. 

I was a bit nervous, to say the least. 

But we just kept going and going and when we made it to the freeway, we were relieved the discover the storm was still a little ways off, and that we had the best seats in the house for a seriously awesome lightning show. 

Maybe not the safest seats in the house being that we were outside straddled on a motorbike, but I did have a pretty good view of the constant lightning and we cruised down the freeway. 

We hit a tiny bit of rain, but not too bad and we were feeling relieved again, until we turned in the direction of Monteview and saw the big storm clouds and even more lightning. 

I kept mentioning to Kolton that we could stop and have our parents pick us up, but we just kept going and I just kept getting texts from my mom warning us about the storm that had been moving in. 

We actually did okay until we hit the Monteview church and found ourselves in the middle of a downpour. The rain was pelting us, the windshield was covered in wet, and I was grateful I was able to at least duck my head and close my eyes. Kolton wasn't so lucky. 

I was so relieved when we finally got close to my parents house and found my dad out there with the shop door open and a big grin on his face as he watched us pull up sopping wet, at least one side of us was drenched, but the other side fared a little better.

Sure enough, by the time we had gotten everything situated and walked out of the shop, the rain had completely stopped. 

Good night, that was sure an adventure we won't be forgetting anytime soon!