Welcome to a Rainy Day in AZ

This monsoon season, AZ has gotten quite a bit of rain! Our infrastructure is nowhere near capable of handling it, either. A couple of weeks ago, schools actually closed due to the flash flooding, I barely squeezed my car around standing water to get to PT that morning. We get mudslides, golf courses that turn into lakes, and cars that get stuck on I-10 in standing water!

So I thought I would take some pictures and videos of the thunderstorms we got today. I ran out to Walgreens to grab a couple of things, and to Yoasis to get froyo during one of the downpours:

That is the golf course by my house that turned into a lake.

Standing water on my street.

Little creek running down the road.

Trying to get out of the car to get the mail!

Downpour from my garage.

This is how Ali feels about rain. God forbid she gets her paws wet!!

I really enjoy when it rains here. It reminds me a lot of home, except I know that it's not going to last very long! Plus, thunderstorms in AZ don't come with tornados!! Thank God!! Now if we could only get like 2 days of snow a year I'd be so happy. I guess that's what Flagstaff and Sedona are for.....anyone down for renting a cabin up north in the snow sometime this winter?? Leave me a comment below :-).

I hope you guys enjoyed a little peak into our "storms" we get out here. (My Midwestern friends and family.) Have an awesome rest of your weekend!

Happy Trails,

Stacey

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