Today it rains… again.  We have been in our home on wheels for 40 days now.  I think it has rained at least 30 of them.  Maybe more.  Some days have just been light sprinkles.  Others have been wind and pour down rain.  Either way, it’s wet!

Of course we are dry inside.  Not like those who drive in with the pop-up campers or tents.  I feel so sorry for them.  A short weekend to enjoy getting away from it all and out in “nature”.  They are smiles as they setup but by the next morning, when the rain is still coming down, the smiles are gone (we’ve been there and done that many times when our girls were young).

No, the rain is not getting us wet on the inside.  It’s just that I planned the lofty goal of walking every day. Anyone who knows me knows how hard that is for me to do. And did I mention I am a fair weather walker?  Maybe I need to just grab a hat and go for a walk…rain or shine.  We’ll see.

I know there are good things about all this rain.  The gardens we have driven by show plants coming up looking healthy and green.  When we look outside it is beautiful.  The trees , the grass, the bushes…everything is so green.  And the wild flowers are opening, some earlier than normal. They like the rain for sure.  At one park we watched the turtles enjoy a bath of rain.  Here, at Markin Glen, the swan sails across the water, enjoying the shower (or at least it looks that way).

I know when August comes, if it is anything like normal, we will be praying for rain.  The grass will be a little bit browned and the trees will lose their luster.  It will be hot, and even those who come to camp will stay inside with their air conditioners until evening when it might cool down.

So I guess I can take another day of rain.  I might not be able to sit outside and enjoy the view.  But, from my window I can still watch the baby bunny eating the clover in the grass of my yard.

We may have had a lot of rain but, it is nothing like a man name Noah.  For 40 days and 40 nights he  was cooped up inside a wooden vessel with no windows, lots of animals, family , and no air conditioning .  His rain was constant. At least we have had a few dry days and sunshine.  For this, I am grateful.

JA