Beware the Monsoon

I’ll miss The Monsoon. The Haboobs. The torrential winds and rains that have you convinced your entire house will either be swept off its concrete slab foundation or be drowned in the years-worth-of-rain-in-a-day downpours or be stranded for days because the washes to your home have become active and authorities have closed the one and only road home. I’ll miss The Monsoon.

I won’t miss the combination of my stupidity, the meteorologist’s expanded margin of error or the almost complete unpredictability of some of the storms. Check the During and After from one of my final bike rides on one of the local trails. While protecting the camera with one hand in a torrential rain I wasn’t able to get the flood sign during the flood…only grabbed it the next day.

Exact locations during and after Monsoon storm
Exact locations during and after Monsoon storm (about 25 feet closer (west) to the dip here)
Looking West (toward home) day after Monsoon Storms
From Dove Mountain looking homeward (west)
Along the Santa Cruz day after Monsoon Storms
Bike trail along the ‘river’ day after Monsoon storm. Missed the sign during the storm.
Caught in the Monsoon on the trails. Monsoon blooms @ home
Amazing…water flowing in the Santa Cruz!
From Dove Mt. looking toward home (west) during Monsoon storm
From Dove Mt. looking toward home (west) during Monsoon storm