This the last day of the workshop that started on Monday before I left. After dinner the workshop participants all gather in the sitting room and they have an oud player, oud is an old string instrument. There is singing and dancing. I retire to bed early. The cold and travel has made me quite tired.
It's Saturday. It's been raining for more than a day, and the river is flowing. It does not look like people wi. Leave anytime soon. I take some pictures of the river.
Yesterday I met a bunch of folks including a fellow alumnus from Dartmouth. We talked about new Hampshire and Dartmouth.
Around one, one of the staff members asks me if I want to see something unnatural. We go outside to the river. Looks like a flash flood. Apparent, it rained and snowed heavily on the mountains and all the water is now reaching the lower valleys. Here is a video.
strange thing is that if you sit by the river you can hear a bolder coming loose. It bounces up and down as it is being dislodges. Then you feel the ground shake as it bounces or hits other rocks. Then silence as it settles somewhere, or hits sand. Quite fascinating.
Strangely around 4 or 5 the rain has stopped and the river is emptying and everyone makes it out fine.
Around here you feel the weather. It becomes part of your life. Not in an abstract way, but in a real way.
The rain is much appreciated. There is slightly more grass. The goats look happy. They probably don't have to go as far as before for food. It is cold, but people are appreciative and smilling. My room is nearing 60 degrees F. Without sun for a couple of days the building gets cold. It is supposed to be sunny tomorrow.
Quite the experience! Hope you are feeling better.
ReplyDeleteAmazing footage... how long did it take the river bed to dry up?
ReplyDeleteAfter the rain stops it only takes 3 to 4 hours for the river bed to dry up. This time it rained most of the day, especially up the valley so the river was running most of the day
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