Today was the first day of the downtown Farmer's Market. I LOVE that there's a market now on Tuesdays because I'm always working on the market's other day, Saturday. 3:00 rolled around and the kids and I drove down for our first taste of fresh everything. On our 5 minute drive I noticed a very menacing cloud traveling faster than we were. Uh oh. I had a feeling we were going to be in trouble. When we found a spot to park the kiddos bounced out of their seats ready to mingle (the farmer's market is a social event in our city). I decided it was best to wait a minute and see what this cloud was going to bring. Good thing too because not 1 minute after we pulled in, a downpour hit that looked literally looked like someone was on top of the van pouring buckets over us. Then, the wind came. I was very glad we decided to stay in the car. Then, HAIL, then thunder. It was quite the adventure.
Finally, after about 10 minutes, everything stopped and the sun broke through. We decided to make the most of our opportunity and headed to the market. There were plenty of people still there, braving the wet and cold. We got our socializing in and bought fresh blueberries, apples, peaches, tomatoes, and corn before it started to rain again. Luckily, I had my camera with me and captured our adventure.
Hope the weather is better where you are!
The view from our van.
I thought this was rather amusing.
The downtown roads flooded.
On our way home we saw trees down all over! This one in Wick Park actually had the bark blown off.
7.22.2008
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Wow! My sister-in-law described the weather mayhem to me, but your photos, especially the one of the flooding, illustrate just how dramatic is was. I'm sorry I was too sick to make it on Tuesday. We've already eaten all of our goodies from Saturday.
It was so good seeing you folks! Another beam of sunshine after the storm! These are awesome photos. I tried taking pics with my cell but needless to say....Im going to send this link on to all the folks I tried to describe it to.
Oh my! I'm glad you survived! Way to get great pics too!
Yowza! We've been having these crazy storms every afternoon/evening for a while now. Poor Finn had to sleep in my bed last night, the thunder was shaking the house! Cool pics.
That's really crazy! I have to admit, horrible as it may sound, seeing as some people no doubt struggled through this downpour, I'd love to get some rain like that out here in Utah.
When I lived in Arizona, it would happen on rare occasions and was kind of fun. It was still warm enough that the rain was a welcome change (though lightning was never quite so friendly).
I really enjoy your work btw :)
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