Six minutes later - Explore
Six minutes earlier birds were flying and chattering before the evening roost and the up lighting on the clouds was pleasing the landscape was bathed in subtle light (see the previous photo I posted for comparison). Tic toc six minutes later everything changed first a burst of wind ushered in ominous clouds laden with tropical moisture, shafts of rain streamed down followed by thunder and lightening. I shot a few frames from within the jeep and sat watching what was unfolding before my eyes. Taking heed to the knot in my stomach I headed back to camp in a torrential storm it felt like it was the longest 3 miles I'd ever driven. Back to camp I sat over an hour in the jeep before taking a chance to get in to the camper because there was so much lightning and that storm just sat overhead. I made it inside and later thought the storm was past only to be jolted by a bolt of lightening striking a tree nearby. The sound was loud as if someone had fired a shotgun next to me, the camper shook and the smell of sulfur was so strong inside the camper. That strike was too close for comfort the incident troubled me enough that I broke camp 2 days early. Summer camping in the lightening capital of the US may not be my cup of tea after all.
Six minutes later - Explore
Six minutes earlier birds were flying and chattering before the evening roost and the up lighting on the clouds was pleasing the landscape was bathed in subtle light (see the previous photo I posted for comparison). Tic toc six minutes later everything changed first a burst of wind ushered in ominous clouds laden with tropical moisture, shafts of rain streamed down followed by thunder and lightening. I shot a few frames from within the jeep and sat watching what was unfolding before my eyes. Taking heed to the knot in my stomach I headed back to camp in a torrential storm it felt like it was the longest 3 miles I'd ever driven. Back to camp I sat over an hour in the jeep before taking a chance to get in to the camper because there was so much lightning and that storm just sat overhead. I made it inside and later thought the storm was past only to be jolted by a bolt of lightening striking a tree nearby. The sound was loud as if someone had fired a shotgun next to me, the camper shook and the smell of sulfur was so strong inside the camper. That strike was too close for comfort the incident troubled me enough that I broke camp 2 days early. Summer camping in the lightening capital of the US may not be my cup of tea after all.