Tonight I left for Lawton to do the Body Vs. Earth triathlon. Rian couldn't come because he 1) had to work and 2) even if he was off he wouldn't do it and risk injury a week before his Ironman race. I had to leave him for a night, which I hate to do. :(
I left home at about 5:30 and headed down south for the 1.5 hour drive. Usually it's pretty uneventful. Today would be different...
About 20 minutes from home I see the view below. The sky was actually much darker than the picture indicates. I was a little worried...
Not 3 minutes later I'm at a dead stop on the highway. Speed limit 70- I don't think so. A couple emergency vehicles pass on the shoulder and I know there's an accident ahead. The rain was so heavy you could barely see the road. It was pretty bad. When we finally moved, there was a 4 car accident that didn't look terribly bad- but bad enough.
This is how many accidents I saw in the first 45 minutes on the road. Then the rain tapered off and I continued on my way incident free. Thank goodness!!!
I arrived in Lawton just before dark, grabbed a Whopper Jr. from the BK, and headed to camp out. I set up my tent right before the sun went down and got settled in for the night. I got a new "super bright" headlamp and tried it out. Am I a spelunker or a camper? Hard to tell the difference.
Drifted off to sleep about 9:30 and slept pretty well. Good day! :)
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