Rain, Rain and then more Rain

Good Mornin' Folks,




As you can see by the title of this blog that rain seems to be the topic of choice, or maybe necessity. After the early summer brought us 6 weeks of big winds, the last 3-4 weeks have been ones of big rain, thunder and electrical storms. Some of these weeks brought us daily rain storms morning, afternoon, or evenings, some all three. In most cases the temps stayed up in the 80s in the daytime which left us with very high humidity for Flagstaff.




The past couple of days have been rain free, at least in town. But, at 1am this morning all hell broke loose. I was awakened by thunder, lightening and torrential rain that lasted for at least an hour. The thunder sounded so loud that it seemed to be "cracking" right over my condos.




I know that Arizona has a monsoon season but the rains this year have been well beyond that. Flagstaff is a high wind area as well. But again, this spring's were well beyond the past and more persistent. The folks who do not believe in "climate change" need to look around the globe and see what has happened with our weather. The term "global warming" was an unfortunate use of terminology. People grasp that when winters were big here to say, "Is this your warming?" The problem is that they do not understand the total picture. For example the melting of polar caps contributing to change in weather down our way . . . and so it goes!




I haven't been doing too much since last I wrote here, mostly working out at my club, reading and seeing a few movies. However, plans are afoot to head out on two trips in September. The first will be back up to Wyoming, the Tetons, and on to Glacier Park with my friend Ranger Bob (the elder). I have secured a ticket to see "Much Ado About Nothing" at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City on my way north to WY. The plan is to stop off there for the matinee, then get in the car afterward drive north and spend the night in Bountiful, Utah. The second trip, in the middle of Sept. will be over to San Diego County to visit family.




As for the movie report I did get to Inception and it was a good film with interesting concepts. However, I liked the director's earlier movie, Memento, much more. I walked out of Dinner for Schmucks. That is a rare occasion for me. The last one I walked out of was The Invention of Lying. Schmucks was painfully unfunny and moronic. One of the best films of the summer I saw last week. It was The Kids are All Right with Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo. It is a family picture but not "G" rated. It depicts the trials and tribulations of a Lesbian couple's children searching for and finding their "sperm donor" father. The last cinematic experience I had was The Other Guys, featuring Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell. Generally, I have made it a practice not to go to Ferrell's films but in this case the movie got some good reviews and I was desperate. I was pleasantly surprised. It was amusing, if not great, about 3 stars on my rating system and way above the aforementioned Schmucks.


That's about it from "rainy" but beautiful downtown Flagstaff.

Until next time, or I get tired of writing this drivel,

Adios Amigas y Amigos