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I was hiking in New Mexico at a famous ranch and at the end of our day we reached our campsite as bad weather was just moving into our area. A few of us set off to go get water from a spring a mile away that reached the ground flowing through a pipe in the middle of a field in a valley. The whole time thunder is rumbling in the area but nothing is on top of us. While we were getting water we saw a flash and thunder boomed immediately as lightning struck maybe 100 feet away and everyone instinctively dropped to the ground. About that time we decided it would be a good idea to get back to the campsite.
Less scary, but while we were sitting around the empty fire ring before we put up our tents the nearby thunder continued to boom away. I kept thinking I heard something crashing through the treetops like someone was throwing rocks and finally I asked if anyone else heard it. We all got quiet and listened, then a hailstone as big as a golf ball landed next to my ankle. Everyone had sort of an 'oh crap!' look as the hailstrom started and we all ran for a tarp tied between two trees a couple of feet off the ground. Let's just say it didn't do a lot to slow down the hailstones from hitting us.
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