We slept in today because we were up late last night, Anyway, what are vacations for? We were getting ready to take the trolley into town again today to get more sightseeing done. At noon it started raining a little. When I looked to the west I saw extremely dark clouds and told Daddy that what we had was just the prelude to the storm. The wind picked up so much that the coach was shaking and the slides were moving all around. Then we went through a 55 minute hail storm like we have never seen before. The hail was at least the size of quarters and covered the whole RV Park like snow. The hail hitting the RV's roof was so loud we had to yell to hear each other, And it's August 3rd!!!! When I walked to the back of the coach the hail had broken our skylight and the rain and hail were coming into the coach!!! Daddy had to unscrew the whole thing and patch it back together like a puzzle with duct tape! Pat would be proud of the use of his favorite thing! The road beside the RV is a stream of dirty water, branches and rocks flowing very quickly downhill! It is 1 hour later and the grass is still covered with the hail, looking like it snowed.
When we went into town to eat at Miss Kitty's Chinese Restaurant, the streets were covered with all kinds of debris! Several establishments have subterranean caves and one was unlucky enough to have all of the rainwater and hail to pour down their steps and break the plate glass window. The cafe flooded up to the top of the bar and the coke machine was floating! In another stairwell the hail had piled up into a hill 4 foot deep. Check out the pictures. We saw a TV crew filming some of the damage and it was on the local news later that night. The next day we saw where this town had made front page news in the Rapid City newspaper.
Since we missed the trolley we decided to drive into town. We had trouble finding a parking place. When we did, I noticed the lot had a sign that said "from August 5 on only motorcycles are allowed in this lot" There are so many motorcycles here you can't hear each other outside unless you yell! Daddy said there are as many motorcycles as there are piss ants! The fifth wheel beside us at the RV Park must cost a half million dollars by itself! It is huge and has chrome belly boxes that shine so much we can see our rig reflected in it. They have a huge white tractor pulling it with a ferrying behind the cab to allow the air flow to flow smoothly. In the back of the fifth wheel he brought out his toys. He had 2 large motorcycles and 2 more with 3 wheels for the ladies to drive! We have seen more motorcycles than we have seen cars, trucks and RVs combined. There must be a rally somewhere close by. I have seen so many different ways for ladies on motorcycles to wear their hair and so many different kinds of hats for them to wear that I could write a book about it!
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