Graduation Eve

Today is our first full day in West Lafayette, Indiana. Things were going smoothly - we visited the quilt store, Quilters Harvest to say good bye . . . we will still see them at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, but it won't be the same as visiting their cool shop. We rented a trailer for our trek to Oakland a week from now, and we found the buildings we have to go to for Graduation events. Then the rain started. It wasn't the gentle continuous rain we are used to in Portland. This was huge rain and thunder and lightening. We got over an inch of rain in a couple of hours. And we lost power at our hotel. . . this made us wonder - if the power is out, do those striped cards we use instead of keys still work when there is no power? We didn't venture out until the power came on in any case. . . Cross your digits for us . . . we don't need rain on graduation day. . .