An Unwelcome Event!

Other titles crossed my mind for this post like;  "A Terrifying Experience", "I Thought We Were Going to Die", "The Rising Water", "The Hailstorm From Heck", etc.....

Here are some pics that document exactly what the weather was like the same EXACT day when the weather was blue skies and cotton ball clouds!!!  How does the weather seem to change so fast?!

One thing I know is that I will never be the same :)

The next time you are driving thru the desert and see this coming, just brace yourself! Trust me.
This is in Bluewater, NM.....out in the middle of nowhere!!!!

"Wow" is all I can say!

It was so big, we were just kicked back watching the lightning from afar, but had NO IDEA what we were about to drive into!!!!!!   You can tell I'm not a very experienced cross-country driver!  Either that, or I'm just a sissy from CA!  Both are true!  Ha!

Thanks to my husband who was eagerly shouting, "whoa, this is so cool!" to have captured all these photos.  You don't see any of me completely frozen in the driver's seat totally freaking out!!!!!!!!!

Yep, that's hail!!!  It could been bigger, I know, but it sounded like little rocks hitting the car at full force!  The temp actually dropped about 40 degrees, too.  It went from about 94 to 53 in an instant!

Needless to say we rode this out on the side of the road praying we wouldn't be a sitting duck!

I don't know how other people were able to drive through this!!!!  Most of the CA plates were all pulled over! LOL!

Is it over yet?!  I mean, how long do these things last anyway!

This was the after shot!!!!!!   I can't believe the difference!  By this time were only about an hour away from Albuquerque!  I had planned to get there early because the hotel we were staying in was supposed to be really nice and I was hoping that was true so we could do some pool lounging!