It Rained

It rained last night.  It was one of those evenings where the first twinges of fall seemed to be creeping in after a very long hot summer.  It started raining sometime before going to bed.  I never heard it at all until shortly before I went to crawl into bed.  I love nights like that...Nights when it's cool, when the window is open and one side of the curtain is pushed aside to catch the breeze.  Then I could really hear the gentle sound of the rain coming down.  It's a rare thing when that happens here in Wyoming.  I rarely have the chance to see it rain at all - there's so little of it.  So, when nights like last night come along, I try to enjoy it as long as possible.

After saying my nightly prayer, I slipped into bed and laid there listening to the steady drip, drip, drip of the rain falling off the side of the house until I finally slipped off into a wonderful night of undisturbed sleep.

Real Thunderstorm

We had real thunder and rain today as evidenced by the picture.  That's a real, genuine water puddle which has filled up a rather large hole dug by one of the furry kids - Blaze.  That's her favorite past time - digging holes.

In the 2 1/2 years of living here in Wyoming I've yet to experience an all out lightning, thunderstorm, but today I actually heard thunder and saw a considerable amount of rain.  Now Blaze can pretend she's a pig tomorrow and wallow around in her mud hole.

Just Like Wet Dog Doo Doo

We've had a lot of rain and snow recently here in our Casper area. In fact, we've had more rain in the last couple of weeks than we've had in the entire time since we moved here. All this rain and snow has caused some havoc out in the oilfield. It turns the mud into something akin to wet dog doo doo. No kidding! And it sticks to everything, but at least it doesn't smell like wet dog doo doo.

Here is a contingency of trucks lined up for a meeting at our office conference room...

This is what the front of one of the vehicles looked like after splashing through the mud...

This is some of the gloppy, wet mud on the pavement in front of my office...

This is one of the outside grates that is used to wipe our boots and shoes off before entering the buildings. It's supposed to help keep our floors a little cleaner. Those are my boot prints.

And these are my boots...that I wore instead of my old tennis shoes. They were no match for the snow and mud.

And, this is the floor around my desk covered with the mud and dirt stuck on my shoes...

This is some of the liquid mud that got on my pants as I slid out of the truck that morning. I've learned that you don't wipe it off, but rather let it dry. Then, and only then, do you try to remove it by crumbling the dry mud and scrapping it off.