There are Puddles in the Desert

 Friday, November 21, 2025

I had heard the rain on the roof late last night and when we got up this morning it was still raining. We knew it was going to be raining in Yuma today because we were watching the weather for there since we needed to make a trip that way and the plan was to go today. The weather, for whatever reason, we were not watching was here because if we had been Tom would have picked up our outdoor stuff yesterday while it was dry. We have reservations starting tomorrow at Park Place RV in Quartzsite for the next four weeks so the now the questions is how to pick up and move the wet stuff because right now it looks like it will be raining throughout the night. I guess we will see what tomorrow brings. 

I opened the door to this scene this morning you can not tell
looking at the picture but it is raining in the desert.

This one I took between the raindrops on the front
window. It is all about that cloud.

More pictures out the windows and the door. 
There are puddles in the desert.

The plan for today was to drive into Yuma. We had hoped to visit the Arizona Market Place, I had a hair appointment, and a prescription to pick up. Since we were already going to be there I did place a pick up order at Walmart and we planned a stop at Fry's. With the rain the Arizona Market Place was removed from our plans. We will do that another time. We picked up our Walmart order. I had not done that in awhile and I had forgotten how nice it was not to have to go in and shop. Then we headed over for my hair appointment. When we got there the door was locked. I will not be mentioning the salon because she did end up apologizing about the mix up. The thing is she had confirmed the appointment and time on Thursday so not remembering it on Friday well lets just say the message I left was I will not be back. Enough said. We did take care of everything else we wanted to before heading back home. 

Driving out of Roadrunner BLM there are definitely
puddles in the desert.

Even though it is a grey day the green all this rain is 
helping thrive in the desert is evident.

All theses pictures were taken through the windshield as it was raining. With the right timing, most of the time, I was able to snap the picture just as the windshield wiper did its job of  clearing the window. Though there are few raindrops visible here and there not to mention all the ones I deleted with a wiper in the middle of them...lol

Rain or shine going south on US-95 this is my favorite view.

More of that green.

More puddles.

The empty space at the road to the Yuma Proving Grounds.

Later heading east on I-8 the cloud were covering the tops
of what I believe are the Gila Mountains.

We are home.
The Jeeps headlights shining on the Saguaro
and the Palo Verde next to were we are parked.

I am trying to be positive about all the rain we are experiencing right now. It has been a couple of years since there were a lot of wild flowers in the desert. I remember walking along the small washes out here and there would be tiny flowers along the edges. I remember a year were we would look out over the desert and it was covered in what can only be described as a green carpet. I remember riding into the Kofa Mountains and the roadside was filled with wildflowers. Maybe this year we will see all that again. 

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