The good news is that the winter storm has passed on to the east. The bad news is that it left the Tucson Rodeo Grounds a muddy mess. When I went outside the motor home, I found a sheet of ice on our scooter, which was a short term good thing, as most of the mud was still frozen. However, when the sun came out, the hard mud quickly turned to soft mud, and that's when it became a mess.
In years past, we've dealt with wet weather before, including a low spot in front of our trailer. The maintenance crew brought in some extra gravel, but it was toward the end of the day before most of the water had drained back into the ground.
The bad weather exposed another problem that we had to deal with. The merchandise trailer has some roof leaks, and the water drips onto the counter. The water has caused damage to the pressed wood counter/display cabinets, and will cause further deterioration whenever it rains. We used several of our towels to keep the water intrusion to a minimum.
Fortunately for yesterdays parade participants, and spectators, the sun was out early in the morning, and except for the cool temps (50's), it was a nice day. Our sales were up again, even though the crowds were smaller due to the cooler weather. It was a good day for sweat shirt sales.
In the last picture, I was attempting to show the snow covered mountains around Tucson. We had lots of snowbirds commenting on the weather, with mostly statements like "we left home to get away from these conditions". Actually, it was only about 24 hours of rain & a little snow, and now, the forecast is for warmer weather. Three more days of rodeo performances, then it's back home to continue some of my incomplete projects.
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