Man, I love the monsoon season!
There is nothing like a thunderstorm at the grand canyon :)
You didn’t say if you were 15 miles downstream or not, but if you were, you got outta there just in time!!!
What a beautiful place to have a getaway.
I chose several years ago to get back to the country, and live on a huge lake in east Tennessee. Fortunately, I am upstream of the dam. At the top of a large ridge (some would call them mountains).
In spite of this, I paid a huge flood insurance policy till recently, when some wealthier landowners here got together and straightened this out.
It would take a “Noah’s Ark” type flood to get to me up here on this ridge. Yet, I am very close to some boat launches and can be on this lake quickly.
Are the monsoons there a result of all this global warming? Somebody should tell folks in southeast Asia that is why they have had these monsoons so many hundreds of years.
Glad you are okay flycatcher. Nature is awesome isn’t it? I experience some real doozy storms here, am prepared for long time power outages. We have been without power for 48 hours, in very cold weather. Being isolated, we are the last ones to get help in these situations, but we deal with it (smile). In fact, it adds some excitement to life.
I spent the night on Roosevelt Lake last night...Thought all hell was going to break loose...then came the calm ....The winds were hell before that though. I’m pretty sure Payson got a woopin out of it.
I’ve camped there, too. Quite some time ago. In fact, that “canyon” was just a little “depression” in the ground it was that long ago, LOL!
I’ll never forget the sight of my Mom (City Girl) on a donkey. Priceless. :)