Thunder and Lightening!

OK, this is going to be a short one:
We awakened this a.m to find that Farley did not lose any of its luster in the pale morning light. Hit the road a rarin' to go, and then almost immediately pulled over to let a lightening storm go by.  Rain is a bit uncomfortable for Greg, as he has no windshield, and no wipers on his helmet, but rain we can tolerate;  Lightening is another thing.  And this black storm was forking right and left.  So we pulled over for a few minutes, got back on the road, and promptly caught up with the storm.  This time we moved on until we found a rest stop up the road a mile or so, where several other riders from SLCity were pulled over for the same reason.  Turns out I had met them two days earlier when they were riding through Fort Bragg, and I stopped to chat.  (Bikers are an inherently friendly bunch!)  This time we visited for  about a half an hour and then hit the road again.  They were faster than we, and soon pulled out of sight, but we caught up with them (and the storm) half an hour later at a gas stop where they had decided to eat an early lunch and give the storm more time to move out.  We, made of hardier stock, decided to keep going, and didn't pull over for lunch for at least another ten minutes.  By lunch's end, which took about an hour, the storm had in fact moved on through, and the rest of the day was uneventful  But we lost at least a couple of hours due to the storm, and got into Boise late--about 7:30 MST.  Tired and fed, I'm off to bed.  Hopefully, there will be more exciting reports tomorrow, as we head off to Jackson Hole!