Thunderstorms

Sunday, two weeks ago, a huge thunderstorm hit with plenty of rain, thunder, and lightning. Steven and I walked down to the docks at the landing to see the bolts light up the sky and watch the kids play in the puddles between rain showers. It was the first big storm of the season and left it's mark behind with several small fires on Castle Peak. The strikes actually caught several trees on fire creating an orange glow around in several places as we stood on the docks. Most of them were out by evening, but a few continued through the week. Fire crew guys were brought in and even crews that repelled from helicopters to fight them. All are out now as far as people can see. Of course, today as I sit upstairs at the ranch since no one signed up for a ride, another storm has started and the rain is pounding on the roof. Such a beautiful sound...so relaxing.