Before the Storm

The other day Schwarzbeere's kids were over and the morning had been a bit rough.  So Brombeere took two of them shopping and I took the oldest one for a  bike ride.  

I wanted to "stretch" him (read: wear him out a little) by taking him on one of the longer rides he'd ever gone on while with us.  But there was a rain storm coming.  

So I planned a ride that would be longer, but that would get us back before the rain got here.

As we were out and about, you could see the big thunder clouds building out to the west, growing bigger and darker as we rode along.  There were times when I thought we might get caught, especially since he specifically requested some places he wanted to go, because he thought they were fun places to ride.

As we were riding the last half mile we felt the rain drops begin to fall, big drops hitting us as we rode along.  But we got home and into the garage before the heavy stuff hit.  Of course, in his case it didn't do much good.  As I put my bike away he ran in and out of the garage, gradually getting wetter and wetter until he was wet enough that he had to change clothes when we went inside.  But he was tired and happy.  Mission accomplished.  The rest of the afternoon was better.