Interesting! Canadian building codes require consideration of vibration when designing floors, with specific requirements for spaces that might be used for dancing or sports.

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Oh. I’ve only known of clematis for its large showy blossoms. I didn’t realize some varieties have small blossoms.

Sure looks like an old quarry.

Is this an old quarry?

...or maybe a clematis?

No, that would be the next day, when our luck runs out.

Time to break out the water wings, or maybe some pontoons.

Yep. It gets / stays nice just long enough to persuade the suckers to leave their nice dry comfortable shelter, then drowns them.

This seems appropriate music for the situation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OguVb3uSZTs

"... before long we’re feeling more like troops in a Roman legion."

I hope you remembered to break step as you crossed bridges. I've heard / read that the rhythmic impact of troops marching in lockstep could / did set up sympathetic and self-reinforcing harmonic vibrations that could cause bridges to collapse. The Romans learned to have the troops get deliberately out-of-step when crossing bridges, to prevent the phenomenon.

True dat. Even better, although we were absolutely drenched we really weren't miserable or even uncomfortable, at least as I remember the incident now.

We got to the hotel just in time to find the tour organizer preparing to mount a search-and-rescue mission for us; glad we made that unnecessary.

I do too, but only when you can see it falling elsewhere.

I always love it when you can actually see the rain falling - of course cycling towards the vertical sheets does dampen the spirit just a bit

That sky does look threatening.