Thursday, June 19, 2014

Another Wet One (sixth wettest day since forever)

Flag over No. 15 green, Stonebrooke
Dust from Day One still in the bottom 
of the sump basket. A true blessing.
We're a ways from forty days and forty nights, but we have had rain in Biblical amounts for six days straight now. Today we added 4 more inches, breaking yet another record. Ho hum. The big excitement actually came when an 18-wheeler backed all the way up Abbey Point and a soaked driver delivered a classic SUV to our neighbors.
Meanwhile, rain turned the 15th fairway into a lake, inundated the green, and created woes for everyone elsewhere. Our afternoon drive to see Mom was blocked on Normandale, a major Bloomington thoroughfare. Chris, the Kell handyman there, was busy organizing pumps.
Back home, we're counting our blessings: the sump hole is dry as a bone.
More good news from the weatherman: "The End is Near." (Lord, we hope he meant the rain.)

The rain poured as we watched him back all the way up the street, unhook the SUV and
deliver it to the neighbor.