Mvua Kweli!

The ranch had its first actual rain since I have been here. It had been five months and two days. I was at the treehouse, not dissuaded by the threatening storm because it had been that way the past week and a half. Rolling thunder in the distance, the breeze kicks up a notch and I could smell rain, but it never came. I began to realize it was the real deal when I saw the clouds come in front of the hill they usually stay behind. I was feeling so excited for the first rain, but then it came. About five minutes in, I was ready for it to be over. I was patting myself on the back because I went to the first level of the treehouse so that there was a floor above me to keep me dry. Not so! I got completely drenched. The rain lasted 30 minutes exactly. It was gone as quickly as it came and the sun was so hot afterwards I could practically hear sizzling. It was nice for a change of pace, but next time I am at the treehouse and see rain coming, I am making a run for the ranch's office, where there is a true roof!