Thursday we awoke to the gentle sound of rain on the roof, and except for a brief respite around 10 am, it rained continuously all day long. We had a date to meet my niece, Heather, over in Glendale at Rock Bottom Brewing (7640 Bell Road, Glendale, AZ).....Heather is the daughter of TLE's sister, Phyllis, with whom we hooked up in Flagstaff a few weeks ago. We pay a visit to Rock Bottom at least once a year when we are in Wittmann. We love their brews, and their food.....both are consistent, and top notch.
To get to Rock Bottom is about a 40 minute commute from the hinterlands of Wittmann, AZ, so we left just after 11 am to be sure that we would arrive by 12 noon. Between us and asphalt are a little over 1 mile of dirt roads, and when it rains here they get really spongy, muddy, and just plain underwater in places. There have been times in past years where the last section of dirt road was not passable due to the depth of the water and mud, and we were forced to cancel appointments.
After slogging through miles of rain drenched roads and highways we arrived at Rock Bottom just before 12 pm. Heather arrived a few minutes later. Heather happens to work at the same Phoenix Amazon Fulfillment Center we are going to work at next Peak Season. She has been there for 3 years now and was a fountain of information for us as she happens to work the same overnight shift to which we have been assigned beginning November 11th.
TLE and I immediately ordered a pint of their 'Tweeker Oil' (5.8% ABV) brew......coffee infused vanilla porter produced on a limited batch release. For our entrees I ordered their 'Street Tacos' with shrimp.....OMG....some of the best I have ever had. TLE had their 'Smoked Chicken Quesadilla', and that was also very, very good (I had some for dinner as she could not finish the whole plate).
Our time with Heather (married with three children) flew by, as did the conversation. We always enjoy getting together with Heather, and are so grateful she had time to have lunch with us on Thursday.
Since we were less than two blocks from a Trader Joes's, and a COSTCO we availed ourselves of their grocery offerings (sour dough bread, chips, coffee, some Kirkland premixed Cadillac Margaritas, cheese, rotisserie chicken, almonds, etc.) before heading for home around 2:30 pm. By the time we arrived back in Wittmann the roads were a little worse for the wear, and there was one section just before the end of the pave portion of the road that was under water for about 100 yards. I was concerned that our low slung Beetle might have an issue, but we made it to the other side without incident, and were parked beside the Newell 8 minutes later unloading our shopping spoils.
We barely got home when it really began to rain in earnest, and it continued unabated into the evening, and all night long. As I look out our window I see a lot of standing water surrounding the coach. The good news is we have a stretch of about 11 days with no precipitation whatsoever. Maybe things will finally dry out here in Wittmann!
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