Caught in the Rain!

 A week ago or so I headed happily downtown, blissfully unaware of what was coming.  I did keep an eye on the radar, since we'd heard that there might be rain later on.  But the radar showed nothing yet.  It was my usual visit to the harbour.

All four of the old tugs I've been seeing at the docks were lined up along the side of the harbour.  With steel hulls they'll be able to stay there all winter if not moved earlier.

I love the way they tie up the big ropes.

Richardson's apparently has a good reputation among marinas for its boat repairs and storage services.  Each of those stored boats, lifted out and back in again, costs between $1500.00 and $3000.00 a year.

As I got toward the end of the dock I heard a roaring coming behind me, as if some big machinery was coming down the street - and it was, the boat lift returning from storing another boat.

I headed on down along the shore.

There was still plenty of blue sky.  The radar still showed no rain coming, so I headed on.

Two people had walked out the long breakwall.

I got this far, but that was when the first raindrops hit.  It was just a sprinkling, but I turned around and headed back to the museum which has a small covered front entrance.  The radar showed some dark rain clouds that had emerged out of nothing in just about 5 minutes; I was trapped.  I didn't get wet, but Mrs. F.G. had to come and pick me up, my ride only half finished.