The Rainy Season

I love rain.

I lived in a semi-arid high desert for 32 years, missing rain all those years.

I love the rain!

So I didn't think the rainy season effected me in a downer way.

I went to the beach today. There is something about the beach that is magical. Surreal. Calming and grounding.

I looked out at the horizon and noticed the darkness of clouds building to a big rain in the distance. There was a low overcast of thin clouds with half sun and half shadows under the clouds at the beach.

Then I noticed a slight depressing feeling with the dark distant clouds and the lack of full, bring-it-on sunshine.

It occurred to me that the rainy season is slightly depressing, even for someone who loves rain.

That shook me up. I didn't think the rainy season got to me like so many of the people that complain loudly about it.

I was at the beach with a friend...Yella couldn't make it. She wasn't all that enthusiastic about going to the beach because she can't go in the water yet with her wound still open.

So I went with a friend, the drummer in our group.

We walked up the beach toward the building clouds on the horizon, collecting a beach dog on the way. The dog was a large lab that was chasing the sand crabs and following us. I enjoy watching a dog have fun.

On the way back we stopped at the Las Lajas Beach Resort, a big name for a small 10 room resort with a pretty good restaurant, right on the beach.

We stopped for coffee and got a carafe of coffee for $2 total. What a great way to hang out at the beach.

The rest of the day was wonderful.

The sun came out full on bright. We boogie boarded, ate a true Panamanian fish lunch. The fish is deep fat fried whole...head, eyes and all. It was delicious although I don't think it is very healthy.

We got back to Boquete about 5:30 with no rain anywhere alone the way.

That is a big deal in October, the rainiest month of the year!