Thirteen days after I arrived at my new Arizona property, around nine inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours.
Water tore through the entrance, washed out part of my driveway, damaged fencing, and carried cactus, trash, livestock debris, and who knows what else onto my land. When the rain finally stopped, I couldn’t safely drive my SUV out through my own gate. I had just bought this property as part of a new chapter…