Business took me back to Santa Cruz again yesterday (Monday), which would have been mildly inconvenient except for the fact that we've had rain of almost-biblical proportions all weekend. The last estimate I had heard was somewhere between three and five inches in three days. Regardless, it was a LOT of rain. The upside is that rain is good, it recharges aquifers. The downside is that too much rain is bad, it makes rivers flood their banks, washes out roads, gets backhoes stuck... and generally makes your day less pleasant if you've got to be out and about.

Note that this bridge is under construction, and the river is about seven feet deep in this photo. That's about 20 minutes of extra driving just to get to the other side.	Here I am rolling through about 6 inches of water on the highway.	But just when I thought I was having a bad day...
At least the clouds made for pretty green fields with misty mountains	Two more backhoes come to rescue the first	These are all the people stopping along the highway to watch the floundering backhoe

By the time I drove by a couple of hours later, the buried backhoe had made a lot of progress towards being free, the other two backhoes seemed to have avoided getting themselves stuck, and I was too tired/lazy to take more photos. Right after I passed the scene, the rain hit with a vengeance, I won't be surprised if I see one or more backhoes stuck there when I drive by tomorrow!

Labels: Costa Rica, landcruiser, mud, weather