We were away from home most of Saturday. Expecting hot and sunny John watered plants on Friday and a few more this morning. Dogs, cats, and horses were assured we would return. A little after 11 and with a temperature about 90 we headed south. It got warmer as we passed through Yakima (95) but dropped to 83 at our destination about 15 miles west and 1,000 feet higher. From our friends’ deck we could see west to the Cascade Mountains where storm clouds had formed. Within the hour the storm came to us. Rain, a little hail, and lots of wind. The folks have a weather station and it recorded a gust of 51 mph. There was thunder to the north and west of us but nothing close. During and after the storm it was cool. A fantastic atmospheric display. Ellensburg got a good dose of this storm that seemed to travel along the east slope of the mountains. Parts of the town flooded. The road south of our place had lots of leaves, small limbs, pine cones, and such, down. When we came home there was a little drizzle but only enough to dampen things. After caring for the animals and fixing 2 pounds of strawberries (picked yesterday), we are tuckered out and won’t get a full report published until mid-day Sunday. (Noonish here; 3 back East.)