Rainy Season in Mexico

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Approx. 51 miles per hour in 7 inches of water. Muy peligroso.

This is for all you doubters of the letters from mom that you will receive in the next 2 weeks or so. First let me explain, we do not work sick or in the rain, so today we had two good reasons to be at home. First we both have the runs, brought on by some 4 day old pork that smelled good and tasted good, but really tore thru us like a hurricane. While we were recuperating from our personal stormy weather, a real heavy rain storm hit. It was only one of several that we have had in the past week or so, and not the worst one either. One day it rained so hard that we could not hear a Seventy who was giving a training lesson to our zone, and we were less than ten feet away from him. Any way today’s storm filled a small bucket in our patio in less than 15 minutes and the water in front of our door came to within 2 or 3 inches of entering the house.
Mom talked about the crazy drivers in the rain storms, so I took these pictures to prove that she wasn’t exaggerating. The water in front of the car coming towards me is six inches deep or possibly more in places. I snapped the picture and in 1 second or less the tidal wave he was throwing up enveloped me from head to foot. Thank goodness my new camera wasn’t ruined. I calculated his speed at 51 MPH. It is a miracle that more people are not killed on the streets of Mexico City. The drivers are all crazy.
Meanwhile as I sit here typing the lightning is flashing and the thunder is rattling the windows and shaking the concrete walls. One lightning strike scared the bejeebers out of me. I saw the flash right over our patio, which is outside of the study, and instantly heard the very loud clash. I jumped about a foot out of my chair. It almost scared the crap right out of me. Really! But luckily there is none left. Mom’s feeling better too so don’t worry, just a simple case of food poisoning. STUFF HAPPENS!
Happy Birthday to Ruthie, we are looking forward to the next one by the pool in Boise. We will be with you all, in spirit, as you attend to these two very important events in our family history; the marriage and sealing of our third granddaughter and the endowment and sealing of our third daughter in the Logan Temple.
Love to all - Dad

PS: I am adding a picture of mom and the successful peanut butter cookies, adjusted for altitude.