The ear splitting overhead crack and thunder rattled my windows and made me jump. On the second roar from the heavens, I scurried in from the weight bench where I had been working out mesmerized by the dark ominous clouds roiling overhead. I watched a jagged fork of lightning strike the pineapple fields behind a barn just across the way. This "God bowling in the heavens" lasted for nearly 3 hours. It rained moderately. I had called one student but could not get hold of another scheduled for 5pm. Sure enough just before 5 here she comes. A big smile, eager to ride "We always ride in the rain in Switzerland".
Miraculously as soon as she mounted the rain stopped and so did the thunder and lightning. The footing was perfect with the amount of rain it had just received! Dunja rode "Divine Intervention" well! Divine also demonstrated her love for jumping. After the lesson we took off her tack in the arena and set up her 2 foot jump. She gallops over, spins and comes back over the jump... for a treat of course!
