Rainy Days

This ol' brush country down here in SW Texas sure needs th rain. Dry dry country, I tell ya.  Course, if ya live down here ya know what I'm talkin' about.  On Friday the 23rd, we got a gully washer.  Now, my rain gauge only shows 1.41 inches but sure seems like more than that.  When you're checkin' vehicles in and out, "in th' rain", it ain't no fun.  Sides that, your boots get all muddy and your paperwork (or iPad for some of you luckier folks) gets all wet.

Our patio mat is still wet (and muddy) 3 days later and probably will be for a while.  Th' road in front of our rig is in pretty decent shape for all th' rain we had, thought it would be worse.  I went in to th' "One Stop" for some supplies and th 4 mile dirt road was a total mess from all th' big rigs goin' in and out.  Giant puddles of standing water everywhere and in a few places th' road was just barely there account of all th' standing water.

Yesterday, th' 25th, we had light showers (actually more like sprinkling rain) that just helped reinforce th' rain a couple days before.  AND, then again today. th' 26th, it's sprinkling and threatening rain, again.  Yesterday, there were tornado warnings out for Del Rio, 'bout an hour west of us.   Thankful it did not come this way.

Now I know this part of th' country needs rain, and a lot more than what we got.  But, personally, I don't want anymore rain where I'm at.  And that's all I've got to say about that.

Later  .  .  .