Today was a beautiful day. The temperature was exactly right outside. It was as humid as one comes to expect in New Jersey, but that is something you learn to live with. On my drive home, the pressure broke, and it rained while the sun shone faintly as it set. As I passed Elizabeth and Edison on the Turnpike, a very strong and wide rainbow could be seen to the east. I imagined the pot of gold to be somewhere on Staten Island. There was something interesting, though. This rainbow was a double rainbow. I don’t recall ever seeing one of these, and I’m not exactly sure how common they are. The rain coming down was the kind of rain you don’t mind being out in; light at times, getting heavier once in a while, but never to the point of pouring. You could tell that if you were standing outside, the rain would feel warm.
Humid. In April. It’s nonsense like that that encourages people to move.
Mm. That sounds wonderful… I’ve only seen a double rainbow once before, and it was when I was driving, too — on 83, I think, on the way back to DC from Lancaster. I almost bashed into a guardrail because I couldn’t stop looking at it. Maybe they’re a purely driving-related phenomenon…
I had a similar rainbow experience last week (out here in California, though!) — to both of yours… firstly because it was the HUGEST rainbow I’d ever seen, and it had a partial double effect along one side, which I had heard of but never seen before. And secondly because I was driving, and there were several near accidents because everyone was admiring the sky instead of the road. 🙂
It was great. Made my whole day.
It’s nonsense like the Turnpike that encourages people to leave this overcrowded, overexpensive state.