Picture of the Day - Double Rainbow

I had almost forgotten about this picture until I came across it while looking for something else. This photo was taken a few miles north of Soap Lake here in my home county. We were out and about a couple of years ago on the first day of fishing season, gawking at all the fisherman around Blue Lake...their campers, RV's and tents camped along the highway. That first weekend is always a zoo.

They camp all around the lake with many of them on the shoulder of the road. It always amazed me that they would camp on the side of a busy highway, stacked one on top of the other...hundreds of them hoping to catch some fish. Not my idea of getting away from it all, but I am not a fisherman.

Anyway, we were heading home when we ran into a rain storm in the canyon, along with a few bolts of lightning and the accompanying thunder. I parked the car on a side road and waited for the rain to stop. There is nothing prettier or more photogenic than a storm clearing.

But after the rain stopped, we got a bonus with a single full size rainbow, which shortly turned into a double rainbow. I had my new Nikon with me that day and captured this image.

I've only been fortunate to see a few double rainbows in my life. One I remember quite well. About 40 years ago, I was traveling to L.A. from the Bay Area. As I neared the town of Coalinga, I came across a huge oil storage tank fire. Off in the distance, there was a rain storm which yielded a great double rainbow right behind the oil fire. I photographed it, of course, but those pictures, I am afraid, are long gone.

But, I don't mind seeing a double rainbow without a fire.