Conditions today were gorgeous. I left Lundbreck Falls early and went straight north through the foothills of the Rockies. It was a bit sunny, some clouds, a nice breeze from the southeast.
In the afternoon I made it to a town called Black Diamond where I turned east towards Okotoks. That's when I noticed the gigantic storm behind me. Lightning shot down from black masses as funnel clouds slowly swirled in between. It didn't look good.
I wasn't too worried though; Okotoks was only 21 km away. I could outrun a storm, I thought. They don't move as fast as my well-trained legs can move my bike. And I tried my hardest. It was definitely the fastest bit of cycling I've done yet. I was 4 km short of the turn-off when the rain started flying horizontally. A van pulled over and offered me shelter.
It only lasted 5 minutes. 10 minutes, tops. The lady with the van was nice enough to drive me into town and I grabbed a hotel room. The weather cleared up nicely so the hotel was probably overkill. There's a John Hughes marathon on AMC though so everything turned out swell.
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