Because his failure to check the weather forecast before leaving St. Louis on a beguilingly beautiful day had led to his driving through hail storms near Topeka, which left forty or fifty pock marks on the hood, top, and trunk lid of his new Camry, he now sat, a week later, before a computer in Denver diligently checking weather forecasts (all of which promised multiple snowfalls over the next four days), looking and hoping for a window of departure that would allow him to return to St. Louis in time to feed, as promised, the pet raccoons of his neighbor, who was vacationing comfortably aboard a cruise ship on the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea.

Step 1: he now sat, a week later, before a computer in Denver diligently checking weather forecasts

Step 2: (all of which promised multiple snowfalls over the next four days)

Step 3: Because his failure to check the weather forecast before leaving St. Louis on a beguilingly beautiful day had led to his driving through hail storms near Topeka

Step 4: which left forty or fifty pock marks on the hood, top, and trunk lid of his new Camry

Step 5: looking and hoping for a window of departure that would allow him to return to St. Louis in time to feed, as promised, the pet raccoons of his neighbor

Step 6: who was vacationing comfortably aboard a cruise ship on the warm waters of the Caribbean Sea