Showers and Rain, Rain and Showers

     Well, at least my fear of forest fires have been abated, because we have been experiencing quite a parade of rain and showers lately.  As you can see from the photo I just shot from the balcony, it is looking pretty gloomy and wet outside right now, but starting tomorrow, a clearing and sunny weather system awaits us.

    Last night was our jam night.  As the decision maker for the group, it was up to me to decide whether we would play outside on the train station porch or inside in the lobby.  There were dark clouds starting to accumulate and build over the mountains and the wind was slowly increasing, but I couldn’t see any rain falling on the peaks so I decided we would do our playing outside, and began to set up.

    We got through about five songs, but then the increasing wind began to make thunder-sounding roars through the microphones, and we could tell it wouldn’t be long before rain began, so everyone, both the band members and the audience, quickly scrambled, picking up instruments, music stands, and the other equipment, and carrying it all into the lobby. 

     We played the rest of the music for the night in there.  As were playing, it got pretty warm inside, since everyone had dressed for being outside.  When we were done and started packing up the equipment to carry outside,  it was refreshing to experience the cooler air.  Everything outside was wet; evidence of the rain that had fallen while we were playing.

    One of our regular musicians wasn’t there last night because she had gone on a camping trip, way back in the mountains.  I wondered what kind of experience she was having with all of the rain and showers.  Camping can be pretty miserable in the rain.

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