Being from Texas you would think that Arizona would show us a little kindness and only rain on us for a little while. All the way from the NM border to Tombstone it was close to a frog strangler....now we were happy to see rain but quickly grew tired of it. While at a rest stop, a micro burst came down from sky along with some heavy rain and hail and blew my poor bike over with no damage. The Tail Wind trailer just sat there and said "is that all you've got?". My brand new Sidi On Road boots are NOT waterproof but they do hold water well.
Welcome to Monsoon

. If the water came through the boots and not over 'em I would get replacement boots because your Sidi's are defective. They should be water proof, in testing they have set in water for 24 hours with out leaking. Bet you are correct though, once full ain't none going to get out

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Yep, winds get pretty strong. One hit last week that bent the very substantial flagpole in front of the office about 15 degrees off plumb.
BTW, Monsoon is the major reason I sold my little airplane. The storms can come up very suddenly and can be very violent with very high winds. The thought of trying to land a tail dragger in 40 knot or greater x-wind was too much so she didn't get flown in the summer.
Hope you have a chance to run north of Tombstone up US 191 to Alpine. That road is one of AZ's great treasures. One of my favorite RTEs is to the Bear Wallow cafe in Alpine. Look at Texas T's reply toward the end of this thread
http://gl1800riders.com/forums/showthread.php?t=292006