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It came of no surprise that a town in the middle of the forgotten mesa didn't get a lot of water. Yeah it rained occasionally but never enough to last more then two days before being used or evaporating.
So that left Tumble Town without water most days. It had been a problem even when people first settled down. So much so that people were spending more time getting water then anything else.
With the closes water source being adout an hour and a half of walking just to get there, and with most only able to carry two buckets full of water, it wasn't enough to cook, bath, clean, drink, or water plants and animals with.
So the first sheriff, along with her deputy, assigned a day where at least one person from each household would leave early in the morning to make the trip. The group would ride out on horse, which cut the time down by twenty minutes, some with wagons to carry as much water back to the town. The water is shared and many gets things like laundry done first. That why the name for the it became "Laundry Day".
It's a tradition that is still around to this day and Jimmy really hates how early he has to get up for it as the sheriff he has to gather the people who are going with him.
So with a reluctant sigh he gets up and gets ready, leaving his house before the sun can even begin to think of rising.