Received our first rain in 6 months early today. We got a whopping .47" where my horses are. My first inkling was the melodic sound of rain on big leaf Sycamore leaves, frogs and the wail of sirens. I walked out and saw three SUVs looking like props from a Tom hanks WW2 homage.People looked at me funny, I actually had a raincoat on. Two joggers in what could have been sweats or pajamas huffed by bemused at my preparations.

Chris,<br><br>What's rain? I thinkIi recall that from someplace in a dim memory...

Thats the stuff tourists drown in during flash floods up in navaho land. I recall rushing outside in Scottsdale to enjoy the 5 second torrential downpours, and Governor Goldwater coming on the radio to calm the populace.

"Governor Goldwater"?????? I think you're confused, all that water from the sky must have gone to your brain. <br><br>Goldwater was a Senator. Perhaps you're thinking of Gov. Goddard (1965-1967)?

As the West Texan said, "I wish it would rain. Not for me; for my boy. Me, I've already seen rain..."

RAIN? its almost a holiday here in the sonoran desert...