Thankfully these two happened on different days for me this weekend. Together they wouldn't have been so nice. But apart they made for a nice weekend.
Friday afternoon we packed up the car and headed up to the "mountains." I use quotations because after arriving I realized the "mountains" wouldn't exactly earn that title in a New Mexico or Colorado. But all the same it was a nice change of scenery (I will post some pics) with a bit more greenery and especially nice change of temp as it was refreshingly cool in the mountains. And apparently a Friday afternoon picnic is the thing to do in Jordan. As we drove along most any roadside spot with a bit of shade had a family gathered around picnic-ing. Much of our food was pretty standard stuff; sandwiches, Pringles, Pepsi. But we also had some hummus, a pomelo (combo of grapefruit and orange), and some dates which were great.
It was the next afternoon, on Saturday, that the rain came in. With our windows open we could hear the growing creshindo as the rain crashed down on the stone buildings and then a breeze of air carrying that wonderful dusty yet fresh smell. Windows began opening and heads popping out from balconies as the rain came in and then before long a block party was underway as kids gathered outside dancing, laughing, and playing with the rain continuing to come down. It was really neat to see a true sense of celebration at the arrival of rain.
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