More rain!
It´s almost unbelievable how bad the weather has been this year in Valle, given our average of one lost day per season over the past 9 seasons. Last night as i looked over the weather satellite map i saw that the majority of the storm had passed to our north and it looked like we would not get the rain like forecasted, then i walked out of the internet shop and it was pouring down rain and it continued most of the night with two very obvious dumps that woke me up from a good sleep.
This morning it was cloudy with cloud base below mtn top and the winds were ripping, we thought about going up to Penon just in case it was flyable but then the concensus was to bag it and wait for tomorrow.
I headed out to pick up my nextr clients who were arriving mid afternoon and after i passed the butterflies and was headed for Meson Viejo, i heard a large boom at the back of my van i swurved to the left and saw a huge part of a tree roll of the back of my van. the strong winds have knocked down many large trees some across the road and the locals were out in force clearing the trees(firewood) and asking for pesos for refrescos. Lucky for me it was not the whole tree and it hit the back of the van. one second later and it eould have smased thru my windshield.
Hjopefully tomorrow will be a better day.
David.