Aesthetically not ideal, but functionality sufficient;
After I extended the rain gutter by a few inches, rain is now transported just off the edge of the deck.
One day I will install a downspout that ends up in a wooden barrel. Until that day, this will suffice.
Finally a little bit of rain; thunderstorms have been forecasted for days, but today the rain added up to a whopping 0.25 inch.
On my way back from my visit to HCPL I took the backroad that follows the river. It wasn’t as low as I thought although the river pass was completely dry.
A cute alternative for a downspout may be a so called rain chain:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rain+chain
That’s a very nice alternative. I will do that on my next trip