Weather or Not

The Ozarks last week were delightful. And the weather was nearly perfect — there were a few rain drops on the last day, but otherwise it was really great weather for a trip. Unlike, the case in St. Louis, as Pressed has attested to. I did run into some of that weather on the way back on Thursday night, getting caught in a storm bad enough that most people were taking cover at the gas stations along the road (the only shelter in the area).

Today, we had another bad storm pass through the area. Whereas the worst had passed north or south of St. Charles/St. Peters the last few times, leaving St. Louis and outer St. Charles county with the hail and such, this time we weren't so fortunate. This one took out a nice sized chunk of several trees in the neighborhood and also gave us a dose of pea sized hail. Nothing like the stuff from last April, but still hail all the same. Fortunately, that did not put a damper on the family barbecue, which was inside anyway.