Evo
2 Donks calls it well. Some of the best flying I have done has been with CB activity in the locale, but you have to keep your escape options open all the time.
You say that you weren't worried about safety, so IMHO you made a good call.
When you have fairly low hours these sorts of decisions seem troubling at times, but you'll get used to them as you build your experience.
As the old cliche goes, "go by air, if you've time to spare!" - so as you rightly point out, your worst option was a delay.
What I'd be looking for would be the possibility of TS squall lines associated with frontal activity - these can be nasty as they tend to be many miles (perhaps over 100NM) across, thus making circumnavigation difficulty; thats when I tend to stay in the bar.
