I get the travel to the range aspect, I'm lucky that mine is just out the backdoor. The rain part isn't a good excuse though, those three weeks where in the spring and included rain, snow, 25+ mph winds, blinding sunlight behind the target and fishbowl looking mirage. Thats part of why it was great practice.
There's definitely benefit at 25 yard practice but you better be shooting small targets and it's a waste to use anything bigger than a 22 rimfire. We also don't know where you're at as far as accuracy goes. We all have to start at the beginning with the fundamentals if we want to shoot good groups, but once you have that down it's time to get away from bench/prone shooting and apply those fundamentals in tough positions.