Hail hurts. I got caught on a ride today Temp dropped to 36* and there was nickel to quarter sized hail. Road quickly was covered in about an inch of hail. Found some shelter under some cottonwoods and My lovely wife was able to meet me down the road after the hail stopped enough to take the Jeep out. She had the Jeep preheated and seat heaters on full. We knew there was a chance of storms but it was 10%, I grabbed my rain jacket just in case in the AM. On our way home, about 15miles out, there were thunderstorms behinds us and storms in the direction we were headed but they were to the northeast over buff pass. As we got to about 6 miles out all of sudden a massive black front became visible as it came over the top of the mountainside to our west, I said to my friend, we’re in trouble, that’s a Hail storm. We were with a slower rider so we did our best to haul ass but we didn’t want to drop her. At about 3 miles out it hit, it was in the low 60’s or upper 50’s by then but the hail stated to dump. The temp on my Garmin read 36* and the hail was pelting us with nickel to quarter size pieces. We rode about a 1/2 mile and the road quickly became covered. I came up on a cottonwood stand and we took shelter there but it was also lightning. I was able to reach my wife but she Couldnt take the Jeep out because of potential damage but after 10mins or so it changed to heavy rain, we decided to head out since we were starting to get cold. Made it to my friends car @ski-ra and we jumped in. Damn cold and soaked tot he bone. Hands were the coldest. the hail really was not fun. It was bizarre riding in the hail, it was more like crunchy cereal than slippery.
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