Show transcript ⇩

Hide transcript ⇧

Johnson, Vermont     July 23, 2014     1:59 pm–3:10 pm     wet and dramatic—light rain turned to a downpour with thunder and lightning, multiple rounds with periods of torrential rain; eventually traveled on leaving light rain again; stopped near very end     71 °F     short-sleeve shirt, hiking pants, water shoes, rain hat, hair pulled back (rain jacket on backpack, not me)     sheltered slightly under young tree     got completely soaked (eyes, ears, and calves stayed dry)     early splatter of drops on paper; later water pouring onto my drawing     river rushing and roaring between bouts of thunder     water poured off back of hat in a stream, cascading down my back—strange sensation     flashes of lightning (and a jagged line over the hills); thunder pounding, crashing, tearing through the sky; sometimes fairly close and on multiple sides     gravel path in font of me turned into a muddy riverbed for a while     streetlights and headlights came on     sang to pass the time during periods of deafening rain     very few people passed by     one bird flew through the clouds     unpleasant to become wet; fine once soaked     fingers were wrinkled at end