"MAYBE WE'LL BE CAUGHT FOR HOURS WAITIN' OUT THE SUN"

Actually I find the present weather quite pleasant up here in the high desert of Arizona. Rain had been threatening to appear and it finally arrived with a boom and a bang and plenty of flashing lights at 3am this morning. I am grateful to be safe inside a house and not blowing around in a tent.

I am visiting friends in Prescott. We all know one another from our times spent living in South America. Joe and Linda and pretty dog Supe lived in Uruguay. They moved back to the USA a few years ago. It has been wonderful reconnecting and just chilling out for a few days together. There has been no rushing around, no pressure, no tight agendas, just relaxation. It has given me time to do some internet research on future helpx assignments, routes and much more. Sooner or later camping will not be an easy option especially in southern California where the water has been turned off in all the public campgrounds. That leaves a lot of sand on your feet.

I arrived to Prescott on Saturday after driving from Las Vegas during a hazardous weather warning. Luckily I only hit funky rain after my art stop in Chloride, AZ. (speaking of funky see the artistic photos below.)

From Kingman to Seligman driving was a little slow go for me but I still I appreciated the colors. The clouds here hang in the sky layer upon layer and with such a beautiful mix of blue and gray hues. I've had such great photo opps but with those opps come blasts of severe weather. We had/have been planning a day excursion to Jerome. It has yet to materialize due to the forecasts. It wouldn't be fun to drive up the mountain in bad weather. I understand the route is full of switchbacks. If the excursion happens fine and if not fine. I am just enjoying hanging out. Yesterday we wandered around Watson Lake. It would be a nice place to go back to in the future but Thursday I leave for Yuma.

 

UPDATE: It is raining TONS with thunder and lightening. My fault? Perhaps. I can't leave a visit with Joe and LInda without torrential downpours. It has become tradition. The same thing happened when I visited Piriapolis, Uruguay in 2010. Joe and I just got the gas heater going in this temp rental property. The process made me giggle and gave me a warm feeling of being at home again in Argentina.

So... it is quiet time right now which is very good. I have pulled out my treatment materials and magnetic pad and little black bag of magic tricks to ease people's aches and pains and I am doing some drawing too. Supo pretty dog is on the right channel for the afternoon too. It is good to relax.

"You and me and rain on the roof
Caught up in a summer autumn shower
Dryin' while it soaks the flowers
Maybe we'll be caught for hours
Waitin' out the sun"

1966 John Sebastian and the Lovin' Spoonful :)