Jackie and Angel Find the End of the Rainbow

I thought I would have an early, special edition of The Adventures of Angel and Jacqueline because we had a unique walk the other day, and the photographs that go with it don't really feature our two heroes, but rather elements of that walk.

During our walk over the past weekend we once again found ourselves in the middle of a small rainstorm. There had been a bit of rain earlier that day, but by that afternoon it hadn't rained for quite a while, and it looked as if the weather would hold out long enough for us to take our walk. We got through perhaps three quarters of our walk when suddenly we ran into a small set of clouds that let loose with their cargo. At first it was just a misting, but soon it became a little more than a sprinkle, and a little less than a full-on rain. As a result we ended up fairly wet.

We had no place to go this time because the new park has no large trees for protection, and we were far away from any of the buildings. The only thing I could do was scoop up Jackie, and lead Angel briskly along. The rogue clouds that rained on us were moving sort of quickly across the sky, so I looked up to see if they would be passing us up any time soon. And that is when we saw this....

Yup, a rainbow, and not just any rainbow, but a rainbow so close to us that I couldn't fit it into the frame. I took three of the pictures I took of it and slapped them together in Photoshop so that you could get an idea of how beautiful it was. These pictures obviously don't do it justice, but I have included more so that you can get a better look. (By the way, you can click on these pictures and see a bigger version of them. I don't know why I never tell you that.) These next three are the originals I used to make the composite. This is the first one... the second one.... and the third one.... I was sitting on a bench holding both leashes when I snapped these pictures, and from my vantage point it appeared that the rainbow ended right on this house. This thumbnail doesn't show it as well as the bigger picture. Click on the thumbnail to get a better view. This is the other end. From the two landmarks, (This building and the house at the other end,) I figured the rainbow stretched about as far as the diameter of the pathway. Although the pathway we walk at the park isn't a true circle, lets for the sake of this post assume it is. The circumference of the pathway is about one and a quarter miles. That means it is about 6600 feet long. Dividing 6600 by pi we get approximately 2100 feet as the diameter of the pathway, so that is how far our rainbow traveled. That also means it was about 1050 feet high. (Leave it to me to ruin a beautiful gift from nature by breaking it down mathematically.)

So that was our wonderful walk with a rainbow. And just so I don't start getting tons of angry e-mail hating on the fact that there were no pictures of our beloved Angel and Jacqueline in this entry, here is the only picture I was able to take of them that whole day.

They were a little mad that I took so many pictures of the rainbow.

Tomorrow will include our normal, weekly entry of The Adventures of Angel and Jacqueline. Don't forget to check out the Carnival of the Dogs at Mickey's Musings, and the Friday Ark at The Modulator for more interesting animals.

Posted by Jeff at January 19, 2006 9:42 AM