Sure, it looked like a beautiful sunrise much like many other mornings. So I pedaled out
and made it down to North Avenue Beach and went out onto the thin strip of breakwater
for these photos. But when I turned around… something was definitely brewing.

Uh-oh. And the temperatures dropped… and the wind picked up. Strong gusts…
and this storm front headed straight towards me. So of course I had that moment of
“I should find some place to duck under cover.” Followed by “Maybe I should hop on
my bike and try to race home before it hits.” But the one that won out was…
“This is gonna be pretty darn cool… and I need to take pictures of it!” So I did.

As the storm cloud rolled and took over the sunrise to my left…
and took over the city skyline to my right. Yep, the top of the Hancock Building is gone!
Crazy cool on both sides! And directly over head… just gusty winds, and no rain???

But then the band of clouds seemed to roll over & past us almost as fast as they came in.

And then the storm left Chicago, on its way towards Michigan! And quick.
So quick in fact, that we actually got treated to a “second sunrise” after the first wave
of clouds had passed… and the second & third were still working their way through!