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Rain … At Last!!

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Costa Rica has two seasons, dry and wet.  There isn’t much change of temperature between the two. The only real change is whether everything is brown, dry and dusty, or green and lush.  Regardless, it’s still pretty hot. After a long, hot, dry, dusty 5 months, two nights ago, Ms. Mother Nature decided that it was time for a change of season.

The first rain usually is anytime between the last week of April and mid-May.  When the first rain comes, it’s usually a small shower, just enough to get everything wet and alert you that things are changing.  But this season seems to have started off a bit more intense.  On Tuesday it was dreeeadfully hot and humid.  I mean HUMID.  At 10 p.m. I was sitting outside on my patio looking out across the empty field that’s in front of my place and it was so humid that it looked foggy.  That’s serious humidity.  I thought to myself, wiping sweat from my brow, “Geez, it’s got to start raining soon!!”

Around 1 a.m., that’s exactly what happened.  It’s wasn’t the usual blissful, “Oh, here, have some drizzle.”  Uh-uh.  It was “HEY YOU!!  Yeah, you….the one sleeping.  Guess what!?!  Rainy season starts right…..NOW!!!”  Ka-boooom.  Lightening, house shaking thunder and torrential rain for the next 4 hours.

I couldn’t have been more happy.  The rainy season is my favorite time of year and I’m fascinated with the electrical storms.  So around 4 a.m., when it was clear I was not going to be sleeping, I went and sat out on the patio with a ginormous smile on my face and watched the powerful electrical show in the sky.

The next morning, we took the doggies out for their morning walk at the farm and it was just gorgeous.  The sky was still dark and threatening, but the farm looked bright and colorful, all the dust newly watched off the plants and contrasting against the dark sky.Costa Rica Rainy Season

And leave it to them to find a place to swim.  This is the one and only thing they like about the rain – random water holes to swim in and get all muddy.  Of course this means a bath when they get home, but for some reason they never seem to remember that negative consequence to taking a dip.

Super excited to see how this place comes to life over the next few weeks.  It’s been so dry and yellow, but now….hmmm.  We shall see!

Let It Rain

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Coming from Southern California, I’ve never experienced any real weather.  And when a storm did hit it was without a doubt, more annoying than pleasurable.  A few hours of rain creates more traffic – because everyone knows that slick roads mean you either need to drive TOO slow or TOO fast.  And of course for all those accidents caused by the speed or lack thereof, you get automatic permission to stop your car in the middle of the freeway and gawk at all the metal carnage, thus further slowing the mounting lanes of cars behind you.

 

And don’t even get me get started about the news coverage.  A bit of rain ensures that the first 45 minutes of the 1 hour local newscast will undoubtedly be titled “STORMWATCH” and be comprised of newscasters interviewing idiots on the street about how the “storm” has impacted their lives.

Pfffft!

Having lived in the tropics and now entering into my 4th rainy season, I can actually comprehend what the word “storm” actually means.  Brilliant electrical storms accompanied by deafening thunder so intense that it mimicks an 7.0 earthquake.  Rain that really does come down in sheets.

You can’t call them raindrops because the word drop implies there is some space between them.  No so here.

But the rain here is different.  Rather than getting everyone all uptight, it seems to bring with it a soothing, calming vibe.

 

The good news is, it rarely gets cold, it’s just wet.  You still run around in shorts and flip flops, or if you’re a stylish girl like myself, funky rubber boots!  🙂