Mile 265. A second day of rain, this one steady for several hours. In this desert country, folks are thankful for every drop. About 1 pm, the steady rain became a hard downpour. At 2, it paused. Tortoise wasn't sure for how long. The forecast called for 30-40% chance of rain for the next several hours. What that means in this case is one can figure on 15 minutes here, 30 there, adding up to 2 or 3 hours over the rest of the day. But what one doesn't know is when those minutes will come. So when the 2 pm pause came, Tortoise jumped into action, parking his car on 300 West in La Verkin a little south of Center Street, then heading off on an interesting shaped loop that included about a mile of Confluence Park when the plants were especially green and the river had more water than usual. Nice! It sprinkled on him once, briefly, but other than that he timed it well. Later on he went to meetings, one of which he came out of and got rained on.
It worked out well all the way around! Today's walking though was by Donald Hallstrom ...
Cheerio!
