Weather Extremes

Granpa got to play in his tall trees once more.

Now it's home to Kingman.  Coming down this part of the Sierras is just as tight and twisty as the going up was.  Just before we reach Kernville Granpa sees a large turn out - with a potty.  You know how he's always attracted to those! (LOL!) So he pulls in, and we take a few extra minutes to stretch our legs.  The sights abound.

And the flowers (well, thistles) are warmed by the sunshine.




We stop in Kernville for some lunch.  By golly, it was the biggest meal I believe that we have ever been served.  For a hole-in-the-wall diner we were treated like royalty! The people of Kernville have a generous spirit, and we love to come here.








Then it's time to get serious and move on home. We pass Lake Isabella and move out to the southern tip of the Sierras, out into the open.  We are once again greeted with those howling winds that brought us into California a few days ago. Only this time those winds are accompanied by sand!  It's a regular haboob!

There are times that Granpa can hardly see the car fifteen feet in front of us, and the wind seems determined to blow us off of the road!  Granpa is taking it all in stride and, other than getting a bit road-weary, not bothered at all.  He's such a good traveler!




Finally, we come out of the sand storm.  But what's this?

Oh, my.  It rained.  It rained HARD!  Amazing lightening all across the skies.  Eventually, on our last turn homeward, we came out of it with God's grace.  Do you see it?  The rainbow coming all the way down to the valley floor.  And the strange light on the desert?

And then God's crowning glory for the end of our long and weather-eventful day: snow, wind, haboob, thunderstorms, lightening, rainbows, and sunshine.  What a day, what a day!  Thank you, Lord!