What an experience! Although it was mostly cloudy but not too cool, I started from home on my mountain bike for a short solo ride at Phil's Trail Complex. It was my first time on the mountain bike since Thanksgiving 2020 riding in Arizona with Paul & my two sons who had come for a visit. As I continued up Kent's Trail higher and further west, I noticed the clouds getting darker. Eventually I began to hear thunder, then came a smattering of raindrops. My GPS told me that I was nearing NF 4610, which seemed like a good turnaround point. By the time I arrived, the temperature had dropped significantly and rain was picking up. I stopped to put on another layer of clothes and decided at that point to follow 4610 out to Skyliners Rd to return on pavement rather than the mountain bike trail I had just climbed. Before I reached pavement, the storm became fierce with flashes of lightening and ear-splitting thunder overhead. On the return down Skyliner Rd I was pelted with heavy hail, freezing rain and riding through rivers of water running off the pavement. By the time I made it back home, there wasn't a spot on me that wasn't dripping, soaking wet! I quickly jumped into a hot shower to clean up and thaw out. When is summer ever going to return to Central Oregon?!?