We had a four day weekend coming up this weekend. Thursday night through Monday night we were going to the Lake. We left work at 4:00PM heading up Hwy 10 towards Northern Minnesota. We had a sandwich in the car and the radio on as we headed north. The radio mentioned that there may be thunderstorms near the Royalton and Rice area, but there was no tornado warnings so we headed onward.
As we looked forward on Hwy 10 it was growing dark, but it didn’t really look like it was raining. As we approached Rice it became clear why it didn't look like it was raining. Rain usually leave a streaky pattern in the sky when you look, unless of course its raining so hard that its a virtual wall of water, then there is no streaks in the sky.
Traffic slowed to a stop as people tried to see in the wall of water.
All at once the water turned to ice. It was hailing like I’d never seen before.
We made our way to the side of the road and a gas station in Rice just off Hwy 10. where I though we could get underneath the gas station canopy.
There were already plenty of cars sheltering under the canopy, but I managed to get half under the canopy in the front. Water was pouring down the parking lot carrying “A River of Ice”. In June!
Other than a couple of almost unnoticeable dings on the hood we survived without any damage. With another life adventure under our belts we moved on to the lake and the rest of the weekend.
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