January 4th, not so sunny in the south

It must have rained last night as there was quite a number of wet spots on the road.  The guys came by and we went for the morning bike ride.  It was odd at first, there were 5 of us, but we never saw Gary after leaving the park gates.  It turned out he had a flat, but he was able to pump it up and catch up to us by the time we reached our rest spot at Idaho road.  On the return trip to the west, Larry split off from the group, so I followed him.  As soon as we crossed Delaware we came across the other 3 riding for us, they were heading back to the park.  We mad the corner and actually beat them back to the park.  It had started to sprinkle and we have a common understanding that if it rains while we are riding, it is "Every man for himself", no one waits for anyone else, so when the other 3 rode past they were all shouting, save yourself.  Pretty funny, fortunately we all got back with just a few sprinkles, no one was soaked.
  By the time I had the bike put away it was raining pretty good.  The gutters and downspouts were working OK at first, but there is so much crud left on the carport from the summer that they started running over the edge.  I managed to get one cleared and will have to see what I can do with the other tomorrow, if it doesn't rain for a while.  We are forecast to have rain every day this week, ending after Friday, so fingers crossed.  Over the 5 days we could get as much as 1 1/2 inches, so although not that much at home, a big weather event out here in the desert.  If it comes too quickly, there will be warnings of flooding on the roads that have fords [not the make of car, LOL] on them.  Not a lot of drainage handling here, so the water just ponds everywhere.  This is because in many places the desert absorbs it slowly.
  After lunch, Marg went out to Kohl's, where she got some great deals.  She was quite excited about them and had 2 bags full.  I even ended up with a nice sweat top will keep me warm on these rainy days.  I went down and played pool with 3 other guys.  Boy was I rusty, 2 of the other guys were not, so had not been away from it as long as me.  There were two of us from Alberta, the other two were from Saskatchewan.  So many guys in the park have colds or are under the weather that was all that showed up today.
  After Marg got back we went for happy hour and by then the rain had quit.  We stopped to see Kenny's new picture on the way back.  He had Rita paint a picture of his 1929 Model A that he took in to be framed.  It turned out very nice, he sure is proud of it, with good reason.
  By supper time, the wind had come up and was pretty chilly, so Marg did the pork chops in the oven.  She also had some really nice baked potatoes, apparently they were from Idaho.  If you haven't had Idaho potatoes, they really are better than average.  Had a bowl of gelato that was very nice at the end. A great dinner, just wish she could lose the cold, although the coughing seems less frequent.