Cinco De Mayo - A Marathon and a Tornado!

This past Sunday was quite a day in Lincoln!

It was Marathon Day and Cinco de Mayo!

The marathon route runs along on a street a block from home,

so I trekked over at 7:15 am to watch the runners.

I'd never seen the first runners before -- guess I slept a little later

in the past!

First, two police cars start the race, then police on motorcycles followed by 

bicycles and the runners are just behind.

There is always a crowd cheering the racers on!

It was so fun to see the start of it and the first racers.

I think one of them won the marathon!

And, bonus, it was a lovely Cinco de Mayo race day . . . 

almost all day long!

Maddie and I spent the day looking for props for a 

school project and were so happy to be outside for

a nice sunny day. 

But clouds were forming late in the afternoon!

And just like that  -- Cinco de Mayo 

turned in to CINCO de MY-OH-NO!!

We had wild weather and a tornado in Lincoln!

A sweet small ice cream/burger shop was destroyed.

Luckily, the workers escaped just before it hit the business.

At our house, we lost power around 5:30 pm  -

electricity finally returned about 11 pm.

That was a dark evening.

We are all so thankful that there were no injuries caused 

by the storm.

It was a Cinco de Mayo that will not soon be forgotten!