WE GOT SOME RAIN IN THE DESERT FINALLY!

It's always exciting when it rains heavily in the desert.  We had gone into Quartzsite Monday morning to walk around in the big tent at the RV show,  About 2 pm it started to rain just as we were headed home.  Within two hours the landscape around us was covered in pooling water and the wash behind us was a raging brown coloured creek.  That's how flash floods occur miles away from where the rain fell.  We drove into Phoenix on Tuesday and the storm mostly moved east so we caught up to it along the way.  We also ran into more storms on the way home.  It makes for crazy driving because other than the freeways, most of the roads have dips for the water rather than culverts so you'll be zooming along and all of a sudden there is a flooded section of road you have to slow down for really quickly.  You don't want to hit them too fast or you could lose control and wipe out.  It's more difficult to see them in the dark.

In front of the motorhome during the rain.

Poked the camera out the door, very windy with the heavy rain.

Near Bouse the next morning, it had been lots higher earlier.

Heading along I-10 toward Phoenix catching up to the first storm.

On the way home about 5:25 I stopped to take a few images of the light rays.  A little later we ran into another downpour.

On the way home about 5:25 I stopped to take a few images of the light rays.  A little later we ran into another downpour.

On the way home about 5:25 I stopped to take a few images of the light rays.  A little later we ran into another downpour.

On the way home about 5:25 I stopped to take a few images of the light rays.  A little later we ran into another downpour.

On the way home about 5:25 I stopped to take a few images of the light rays.  A little later we ran into another downpour.

Looking out our door this morning.

American Kestrel.

American Kestrel.

There was a geocache hidden here.  This tree is about 1024 years old and is located on the edge of Quartzsite, AZ.