bicyclebones
Wore out three sets of tires already!
It was Friday first day of a 3 day bike show in the outskirts of Springfield MO and the clouds that had been threatening all morning gave up the showers and all scrambled to take cover. A&B Cycle had dumped a few tons of parts on the seller who was there to dump them on anyone willing to haul that much iron. I moved my stuff out of the way and in the driving rain one by one purchased lots of parts until my trailer was loaded with a few tons of sopping wet boxes of parts. Most everyone decided to wait out the rain but looking at the skies a foreboding fell on me and that was enough to set me on the way home. I passed thru Joplin along the main drag, it was a familiar scene, the hospital the High school Home Depot and on and on. I did not pay much attention as I have traveled that route many times. Just as I was leaving the outskirts I saw a menacing mix of cloud and sheets of rain. I was wondering how the boys were doing the other side of town. I will never know how all the faithful made it because just 2 days later to the hour and on the final day of the meet a triple vortex tornado fell upon the route and decimated everything in its slow crawl down the street leaving 5 square miles looking like a repeat of Hiroshima. When I retraced my path though Joplin the Hospital the High School Home Depot and everything in the path of the tornado were gone including all the trees in a solemn testimony to the power of nature. These 2 cranks survived along with me. (last photo is the remans of Home Depot and the unfortunate ones who were inside)
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