Hailing in Herbert

The wind was blowing so hard by the end of the day I was only doing 15 km/h (less during a gust), and I was using the same gears that I use to climb Mt. Douglas! What made it even scarier was that there were these horrible dark clouds closing in as I approached the endpoint - it was a race against time! I just made it, because after we got into the campsite it started to really pour like I've never seen, as well as hail - the size of marbles! Then, the lightning started - at one point probably one flash per second. The campground we're staying in is a little weird as the hail was falling into the shower when I was in there...not really sure how that happened.

Now that I've had 3 days of this, it is getting easier to deal with mentally. It would be nice to be making better time, but at least I am getting somewhere. You just have to forget about the speed and the time, put your head down and go. At the end of the day, you make what you make.