HAIL ON JUNE 1st!

Last weekend was beautiful and WARM so we had a busy weekend with HUNDREDS of boaters! Monday we treated ourselves and went out for breakfast and then drove north to Spearfish, SD (about 45 miles). We chose a country road that was VERY SCENIC, with our goal being Spearfish Canyon Scenic Drive. Just before entering the canyon we could see real black stormy clouds ahead. It started sprinkling and as we neared the halfway point at Spearfish Canyon Lodge (just a couple of miles from where Dances With Wolves was filmed) the sprinkles on our windshield became HAIL. By the time we reached the Lodge the hail storm had passed but the photo below depicts what we saw...piles of pea sized hail stones! It was also along the roadway and through the woods...it covered the ground about an inch thick! It only lasted for a couple of miles and then turned back to sprinkles. By the time we got to Spearfish it was sunny and warm again! We had lunch at SANFORDS, which was kind of like SANFORD & SONS place...lots of treasures and junk in an old building...good food tho!