Bad News and Big News

Written on 10-24-26.

        We have had a ‘once in a generation’ amount of rain and flooding here in the Four Corners.  A storm came up from the southwest across Arizona and dumped records amounts of rain swelling the San Juan and Animas Rivers.  Many people I know, including myself, were asking for rain this past summer, and this is an ‘ask and you shall receive’ moment for all of us.  I haven't heard of anyone dying, but many people were evacuated from their homes in Aztec, Bloomfield, and Farmington.  Some had to be rescued by helicopters! 

Closer to home, two of our friends and their families evacuated their homes, too.  Carol (last name) and her husband and the Trevor (last name) family live on the river.  We saw a video of Trevor’s home that his wife, Megan, sent, and they had placed sandbags all along their garage door.  The water had not reached their home, but we could see it surrounded by water.

Even closer to home, Belinda and I just came back from checking out the Egerton’s property.  They are on their way to Albuquerque for Mel’s (Kyle’s girlfriend) 30th birthday party tonight. “Pier 7” was surrounded, and many of the coffee table-sized stumps had been floated over to Dori’s property and pinned against the fence.  We could smell the beginning of the musty and dank odors of sitting water already.  It was a lot to take in.  This was the sight of Matt and Becca's and James and Casey’s weddings and multiple family get-togethers, and it was inaccessible. 

Big news!  The Edgertons have made a major move by putting that property on the market.  It’s no secret, so I can write about it here with no stress.  They hope to sell it and move to Albuquerque.  They plan to keep the house up in Vallecito, though, as a ‘get out of the heat and go to the mountains’ vacation home.  Amanda has said they are getting burned out on all of the upkeep that their property requires.  That makes sense.  I know they want to be closer to family, also.

    Belinda and I are torn with this development.  She wants to stay close to Jessica, my mother-in-law, and we have made so many fresh, classy improvements to our ‘less maintenance’ home.  However, I understand the reality of how lamentable things can become if Belinda is separated from Amanda.