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Down - wet duck down - in Fain Park
One
of the first things newcomers notice about local news in
Arizona is that weather is many times a major news topic. Many
television news programs lead with weather, especially when it
rains! Therefore, staying with this tradition, I'd like to share
with you that last Saturday (April 6), we had our first rainstorm of the
season. Many of you may think, "So?". Well, so it
was the first rain since last year, thus a big deal for everyone living in
our usually dry climate! Most folks were happy to see the rains as
gardens were really in dire need this Spring. You may notice that
there are no people in my Fain Park
scenes. Usually fisherman fill this Prescott Valley park every
day. As I was setting up to photograph the park, there were
some fishermen leaving. I mentioned that I didn't think the fish
would mind getting a little wet, so why were they giving up?
"I don't want to catch a
cold", one fisherman said. I wondered what a Michigander
would do in such a case..... True, it was about 58 degrees that day, a bit
nippy for some folks to be out.
On the days since, the weather has been mostly dry and
windy with temps into the 70's and 80's, which is about normal for
this time of year. The diehard fishermen are back.
As you can also see from my next picture, the
Flea Market was also a bust. There's usually about 100-200
merchants peddling there unwanted products. Several hundred more
folks come to seek out some real deals each weekend. Not this day,
they could all catch their death, you know...
By the way, the big hill in the background for my second
flea market picture is called Glassford Hill. It's actually taller
than it looks. US Pony Soldiers used to climb to the top regularly
with mirrors so they could signal other mountain topped troops with news
and information on various subjects in our area. Probably stuff like
"Is it raining over there yet?"......
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