Well, my day went as I feared it would. Our event planner called me at 7 a.m. wanting to know what to do - it was drizzling at the park, and the minute the vendors would begin unloading their trucks, we would be committed no matter what. I checked our oh-so-helpful forecasts to find nothing much other than rain was likely, but the radar wasn't very conclusive, etc. So, we pressed on. When I got to the park at 9:30, it was still drizzling, but then at about 10:15 it stopped. By 10:45, you could say there was some sun peeking through the clouds. The picnic began at 11, and folks trickled in (admittedly saying they expected it to be canceled), and by 11:30, you could have almost called the weather partly sunny.
And then, basically out of nowhere, it began POURING at 12:10. Literally, pounding sheets of rain. We had a small tent set-up that the band and food was under, and you've never seen so many people crowd under a spot so fast. Fortunately, I had a couple of golf umbrellas in my car, so that and some trees kept me and the rest of my staff somewhat dry. Typically, this type of rain doesn't last long - but it did today - for almost an HOUR, non-stop. We called it canceled for good around 12:45, but the rain was so hard and thick, that people didn't make a run for their cars until about 1:15. We finished getting our stuff picked up (I've never been so happy to have an event planner to have to take care of meeting all the vendors to pick things up), and were on our way home around 1:45. So, it only ended up being an hour and 15 minutes shorter than it should have been.
Our weather man just said we've had over 3 inches of rain on average in the last few days, with more rain to come this week. I'm so glad I don't have any other outdoor events this week - just a cooking class on Friday INSIDE. Our lake that was over 18 feet down earlier this spring is now back in the black, so that's at least one piece of good news!