Monsoon

When we moved to Arizona we had to learn a whole new way of living. 

We had to learn how to make lists.  Lists for everything. 

We had to learn what a snow shovel was.
On and on.....

But the strangest part was learning about new weather patterns. 

Texas was easy. We had been there all or most of our lives. 

We understood ice, heat, and tornadoes. 

No Problem. 

Monsoon... what the heck is that?

We have sunny, dry, high mountain desert weather, right? 

Yeah, we do. But... come high summer, we get the Monsoon season. 

Truly, it is a real season. Monsoon. 

Strange. lol 

About the only time we ever have any humidity around here is when it is

about to rain (or after a snow). 

I like no humidity. Probably my favorite thing about being at the Grand Canyon. 

When the humidity rises, it causes high thunderstorms to build.

We get sudden, heavy down pours with a lot of lightening.

And forest fires... but that is another post. 

The rain can be quite heavy, but the best part is the drop in temperatures.

We can go from 95 (seldom does it get that hot here) to 65 in about 15 minutes. 

In fact, it did that last Friday.

Today it just dropped from 85 to 65. 

Challenging for my husband's job, but lovely.

So we have new weather patterns to add to the list of 

fun new experiences here.... 90 miles from nowhere. 

Missy