RAIN

RAIN IS SOMETHING OF AN "EVENT" FOR US. IT USUALLY RAINS ONLY ONCE A SUMMER AT LAKE TAHOE. LAST SUMMER DURING THE ONE RAIN, WE WERE WORKING, SO WE WENT THREE MONTHS WITH NO RAIN AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE!!

HERE ON THE LOWER MOHAVE DESERT, RAIN, OF COURSE IS REALLY AN ODD OCCURRENCE. WHEN WE MAKE PLANS WE TALK ABOUT, AND WORRY ABOUT, THE WIND, NOT RAIN AND SNOW. WE WERE PRETTY DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE HAD A RAINY SPELL THE FEW DAYS IN DECEMBER THAT WENDY WAS HERE TO VISIT.

SO TODAY WE PLANNED ON A TRIP TO LAS VEGAS WITH GRANDMA TO CHECK OUT THE NEW TOWN SQUARE SHOPPING MALL, THE NEW CASINO ENCORE, AND THE BROKEN ARM. I GOT UP AT 6 AM TO DO AN INTERNET WEATHER CHECK AND FOUND RAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR VEGAS TODAY.

WE CANCELLED OUR TRIP TO THE CITY, BUT PICKED UP GRANDMA AND WENT TO BREAKFAST. BY THE TIME WE FINISHED BREAKFAST AND THE FOG CLEARED WE COULD SEE SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING OUR VALLEY.

GOOD THING WE CANCELLED OUR TRIP, OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN THE SLUSH AND SNOW BY THE TIME WE GOT TO SEARCHLITE.

WE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT GRANDMA ISN'T LEAVING UNTIL MARCH 17TH, SO SHE WILL BE AROUND LONG ENOUGH TO ENJOY THE DESERT FLOWERS THAT ALL THIS RAIN IS SURE TO BRING WHEN IT GETS HOT, AND WE WILL RESCHEDULE OUR TRIP TO VEGAS TO CHECK ON PAULIE IN A WEEK OR TWO.

THIS WAS THE SECOND OF THREE RAIN SYSTEMS ROLLING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OFF THE PACIFIC.