Monsoon Season

Recently Hurricane Lane stormed up the coast. We rarely get direct hits from hurricanes here because we are in a deep bay which is protected by a mountain range that skirts the south end of the bay. If the hurricane comes from the south, the mountains push the hurricanes farther out to sea. If the hurricane comes from the west which is rare, we can get hit. We were hit by Hurricane Kenna several years ago which did a significant amount of damage especially 3 hours north in San Blas. Lane dumped close to 5 inches of rain on us in 24 hours. It rained very hard for almost 12 hours. As I was paddling across my yard to my meditation room, I recalled that in India and south east Asia during the monsoon season, the monks go into retreat and spend the time in quiet meditation. The people provide them with the necessities for the length of the monsoon season so that they won't be disturbed during the rains.

Bucerias, Nayarit, Mexico