Holy Rain, Batman! So the Des Moines Farmers' Market was quite the challenge, so much so that they actually closed the market due to the weather. I did make it down and did purchase a few things before the Market closed. First, Fox Hollow Farm wasn't there. So no eggs from my usual source (though I did get eggs from Blue Gate Farm) and no chicken. I saw at least one vendor have the covering blown off their stand and people started packing up. The curb of the street was mostly flooded. I stopped buy to chat a bit with Sean and Becki Sullivan, and justifiably so, they were in the process of deciding to pack up. By this time, I was getting pretty damp, even with the umbrella and my shoes were soaked, though it had nothing to do with going through a puddle. Headed further down and got some arugula and carrots from Grinnell Heritage Farm. Where I helped her put her sign back up, and hold her overhead cover while some strong winds up. After I traded her some mostly dry money, for some slightly damp money I headed further down to see Lois at Reichert's Dairy. This where the flooding was pretty heavy. On the way here I saw the La Mie stand that was basically falling apart. It looks as if they were about to completely loose it which was clearly evident as I saw their pastries float down the creek that was forming at the side of the street. It seemed like the water was nearing ankle depth and any semblance of remaining dry was gone. It seemed that the only thing my umbrella was doing then was to keep my glasses relatively clear. I picked up a bit more and headed back to my car. I saw several people packing up as a I walked back down toward the parking garage. When I got to the garage I saw one more thing of note. The floor drain on the second level had water coming up out of it. While I don't think that this was pressure from the storm drains, but more likely to be so much pressure from water being collected from the various levels of the garage and the roof causing so much pressure coming down that it actually pushed water up on the various levels. Now that I think about it, it would've been interesting to see if more of the levels of the garage had the same issue. Be that as it may, I headed home, soaked through all my layers of skin (had to dry my wallet and etc) and changed out of everything. It was an interesting adventure to begin the day.

Chicken Salad (from the leftover roast chicken last week)
Hawaiian Wahoo (Ono)
Eden Farms Berkshire Pork Chops with a cherry onion glaze
Ragù alla Bolognese
Pimento Cheeseburgers (p21 June/July 2010 Cook's Country) with Amish Potato Salad (p11 June/July 2010 Cook's Country) (movie Night)