On our way to Colorado last week, we drove through a series of spring thunderstorms, including some that were severe.  It’s about a 15-hour trip in good weather, but it seems a lot longer and it’s a lot more stressful driving through storm after storm for a good portion of two days.

We had a wonderful time with Jeff’s family (as usual) and were happy that we could be present for Kyra’s high school graduation, as well as for her seminary graduation.  We had good times during our visit and were sorry to have to leave.

Our drive home was much nicer.  In spite of the fact that rain had been predicted all the way across Kansas and into Missouri, the probabilities were dropped from 50 percent to 20 percent.  Although we saw some anvil clouds and rain in the distance several times, we drove in bright sunshine and low 80s all the way.  We almost caught up to the rain showers in Missouri, but they dissipated ahead of us.

As we left Jeff’s house in the morning, we saw ten hot air balloons rising in the calm early morning skies.  Then, east of Kansas City, just before the Missouri rain ahead of us dissipated, we saw a rainbow from our sunny side of the weather.  What a peaceful beginning and end to our day’s drive.