I take full credit or responsibility for the rain that began to fall late afternoon Monday and continues until now (8:55 Tuesday). It is well known about the effects of car washing on the weather. After having left the van in a dreadful state since February I thought that late Sunday afternoon was an acceptable time to restore its appearance. It was shown to me many times in the past how washing a vehicle can produce rainfal but since the lawns and fields are pretty dry I thought it was safe to take a chance and so as you can see above the van was cleaned up and as you can also see the results of my efforts in the picture on the right.
The remarkable effect of last night's rain is that the dead grass as seen in the image on the right which was taken Monday evening is now green.