Christmas in July

The UPS driver called at 4:30 this afternoon to tell me he was on his way with my camera – I should meet him out on the highway at Frank's place in a half an hour. And right on cue, the skies darkened and it started to drizzle.

Smooch and I jumped in the truck and hoped we could get across all the arroyos before they started running. The sky was looking mighty ominous in the direction we were heading.

We were halfway to the highway and so far so good. Hang on tight, Smooch. Only four more arroyos to go!

Whew. We made it. Do you see him coming, Smooch?

Nope.

It was raining pretty good at Frank's place, and now we had to worry about getting back home...because staying overnight here wasn't particularly appealing.

Don't worry, Smooch. If we get stuck, we can take pictures with our new camera!

Let's start now. Here...I'll pose.




There he is! There's Big Brown!

Big Brown handed over the precious parcel and off we went. We took the Brazil Canyon route home, hoping we'd have less chance of getting stuck in the mud. This is where the road starts, right there between piers 7 and 8 under the railroad tracks. Most people don't believe this is actually a road, which is a good thing - keeps the trespassers out.

There was only one minor water crossing to navigate.

As we got closer to home, the rain tapered off.

And as ominous as the sky looked, it never rained over the 7MSN. The story of my life...

I took my precious parcel onto the porch to open it.
And there it was...my new camera. Sigh. 

Nikon has a sneaky way of making you read through the whole instruction manual before you get to use the camera - they send it with a battery that needs to be charged first for 2.25 hours. Guess I'd better get this posted and go start reading.