Canada Day this year was spent with our good friends Paul and Darcie. We headed up to Regina Beach for the afternoon and contentedly browsed through the boutiques, basked in the sun at the beach, enjoyed some frisbee and Bocce Ball, and helped some drunkards get their car started. As it grew dark, we headed to the Legislative building for Regina's fireworks show, which was great because it happened to be the retirement celebration of the man who has put on the fireworks for the last 25 years. Very impressive!
But the best light show happened on the way home... Toward the end of the afternoon and throughout the evening we saw lightning in the distance. On the road home to Caronport, the storm met us full on. I haven't been in a storm like that in years! A wall of water and hail came on hard, thunder roared, and so much lightning flashed at once that we had to shield our eyes! It was amazing. I love being in the grip of such power, knowing that at any moment my life could be threatened. I've always, secretly, wanted to be a storm chaser. I'm absolutely thrilled by violent storms. To top all of this off, we saw a funnel cloud begin to form. It never really materialized, but we saw the beginnings of a cone shape start to swirl and angle toward the ground before it dissolved. (The picture above is of the same cloud that was over us, but the picture doesn't do the storm justice. You really had to be there.)
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