justcherylanne
The children finished up their sandwiches and lemonade and scurried through the busy park to the swings, they pumped their legs and soared high into the sun. Today was a special day for the Baxter family, they were celebrating grandma's Clemminshaw's birthday with a picnic at Blue Mountain Park. The adults were cleaning up the picnic mess and packing up leftovers, to take home. It was a clear day, warm sunshine streaming down between the looming trees surrounding the picnic area. It was late afternoon and time to head back to the city, it was a 45 minute drive to Bridgewater Ontario where the family lived and worked. There were 7 children between the two sisters. Janie the eldest of the two sisters, promised the children they would stop for ice cream at an ice cream stand that was set up at a gas station just outside of Bridgewater. Janie pulled in first and Emma her sister pulled in shortly after, the kids waited in line for their cones while the sisters waited for grandma Clemminshaw to come out of the restroom. The sky suddenly darkened as they walked outside and the wind picked up drastically, a storm was coming in.
Janie worried the extreme heat that day, and sudden shift in weather may trigger a tornado, she hurriedly gathered her two boys Dustin and David and Rosco the family dog into her Jeep. They sat waiting while Emily got her crew ready to hit the highway again. Pulling onto the 401 things took a huge turn for the worst a torrential downpour and huge hailstones started plummeting down from the black sky above. Janie pulled off to the side of the highway to wait it out, hopefully, it would die down enough for driving through. The Jeep was rocking back and forth from the intense wind, this was bad, and Janie played eye spy with the boys to keep them calm. Janie saw the fear in her moms eyes when she glanced over at her, and gave her hand a reassuring squeeze.