When It Rains It Pours And When It Pours It Floods The Buffalo Chip

 October 14, 2026

   We've had a ton of rain in the past week. Most of it courtesy of Ms. Rachel (the hurricane). I've lived in Cave Creek for forty years and I have never experienced what happened on Wednesday.

   Had a lunch meeting up at the Chip with two NASCAR drivers. One of them, Archie Kennedy, purchased a Wyatt Earp painting he admired and he wanted to meet there for the pay up and have a bite to eat.

   As we were waiting for our food a clasp of thunder shook the room and it felt like a micro-burst right over the Chip and then a deluge of rain rattled the windows and the next thing you know, a ton of water came right in thru the front door and surrounded us. I stood up and took this photo.

The Buffalo Chip Gets Swamped

   We weren't upset or angered, it was just bizarre and we laughed about it as the wait staff broke out the mops and squeeges and went to work like it has happened a hundred times before. Turns out it has. Several oldtimers have since told me they once had sandbags around the front door because the dirt parking lot is at a slant and it all drains right to the front door!

   Afterwards we went outside and one of the hard working staff took this photo of us.

The NASCAR Crew and BBB

outside the flooded Chip

   That's me and Archie Kennedy in the center with him hold his new painting, "Wyatt Miffed." 

"Wyatt Miffed"

   I met Archie and his wife Christina, on the right, back in 2007 when they invited me and Kathy out to PIR (Phoenix International Raceway) to be guests of Jeff Gordon. Archie drove Gordon's RV from race to race all around the country. He still does, but Gordon retired from driving in 2015 and is now Vice Chairman at Hendrick Motorsports. The NASCAR driver on the left is Bradly Mitchell, who drives for William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports 24 car. They are in town for this weekend's Freeway Insurance 500 out at Phoenix Raceway.

   So, that was fun. Then, on the way home, I ran into this.

Cahava Ranch Wash Rippin'

      Talk about too much of a good thing! Got home and finished this:

Daily Whip Out:

"Shady Sadie Comes Clean"

The Reason There Are No Early Photos of Sadie

   Sadie claimed that the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, destroyed several of her and Wyatt's trunks along with most of her family's photos and possessions.

Daily Revised Whip Out: "Snake Eyes"

"Water wouldn't sound so beautiful without rocks in its way."

—Old Vaquero Saying