Big Wind and White Trash

Who would have thought that we would have a storm in Phoenix.

Who would have thought that this storm would have strong winds.

Who would have thought that these winds would take the 10 x 10 canopy, that we set up for Mother's Day, and blow it up OVER the roof and into the street in front of our house.

I wouldn't have thought that!

But it did. We had gone out to dinner and as we were driving into the driveway something made me think of that canopy. I mentioned it to Hubby and went out to the backyard to see how torn up it was. Imagine my surprise when it was nowhere to be found. We looked over the ajoining fences into the yards of the neighbors. No canopy. Not even a pole. We went out front and Hubby asked the next door neighbor if he might have seen it. (How the hell could you miss it, it is quite big) He said the "white trash" neighbors grabbed it up out of the middle of the street.

So Hubby heads over to their house and rings the doorbell. They said they had stored it nicely into their garage for safe keeping. Yeah Right!

We couldn't open it up because the wind was still pretty strong and we didn't want to end up like Mary Poppins. We will take a look tomorrow to see how torn up the canvas part is. At least we have it back.

UPDATE! The canopy was just fine except for a little road rash on one corner. So it lived to see another Mother's Day.