I'll tidy this blog up when I'm home. I'm sure there are sleep deprived typos to correct, a bit of reformatting to do, some content elaboration, perhaps a better choice of photos (1200 to sort through) and definitely some ultra cool video of tornadoes to upload.
I'll add some stats - for instance the total chasing mileage was a bottom numbing 3313.
Brian our tour director of 14 years chasing experience has reflected on our tornado (the #3) and stated that "it was probably the the most photogenic of the digital camera era, if not of all time and will be talked about for many years to come". And we were there to see it in all its glory.
Not a bad week really!
Sunday, 6 June 2010
Bricktown, home of Sonic Burger...
Day 10 - 6th June
A nice leisurely breakfast and at 12:00 we order a cab to take us into town. We're picked up (let's call the driver "Jose"), and following advice from the receptionist get dropped of at Walmart which is next to Pensquare Mall. We do a bit of shopping and call Jose who comes to pick us up and takes us to Bricktown. Jose is clearly running some sort of a scam as he gave us his mobile to call rather than dispatch and sheepishly asks us to be quiet while he is berated over the radio for not picking some poor women up from the hospital.
Bricktown is an old commercial area that has been renovated to provide shopping, eating and drinking and the roads have been replaced by canals. It's been well done and I would highly recommend it to recuperating storm chasers.
We find a nice bar and have a couple of pints of micro brewed ale (I have pale ale, Ratty some Belgium ale and Liam some Stella - Newcastle Brown is also on offer - Dawn isn't a beer drinker) and get some decent food for once at Jambo'z (?). I have a chicken salad and think I have burger withdrawal syndrome.
There are boats that do tours of the canal for $8 so we hop on and are treated to Dick van Dyke (the "driver") taking the mickey out of our English accents. We then pass the HQ of Sonic Burger. The driver asks where we think Sonic Burger is made; Ratty replies "hell". Dick van Dyke passes on his regards to the Queen Mother, and Ratty promises to dig her up...
We then hear the sound of live music and head to its source which is a bar called the Biting Sow. One of the guys playing looks like he is off duty fro ZZ Top.
While we are supping our drinks (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale at 5.6% ABV which was quite nice) a guy leaps up and asks "is there is a doctor in the bar?". A women has collapsed and nobody else seems interested. The band even take this opportunity to plead for tips...No doctor appears and Ratty jumps into the fray as the "next best thing" and elevates the womans legs on a stool. Another woman leaps up, and as she has a heart condition is carrying a blood pressure monitor. The woman has low blood pressure and eventually someone calls for an ambulance. Instead four firemen turn up and she appears to perk up...Paramedics finally turn up and after a while she walks out under her own steam.
The guy that asked for a doctor and the woman that had the blood pressure monitor are a couple (hey Scott and Tiffany if you're reading!) and sit with us and we're all pretty annoyed that nobody (including the band who actually restarted playing before the paramedics were finished, and the bar manager who said "if her time has come...") was interested in the fate of the ill woman.
We have a few more drinks and a good laugh with Scott and Tiffany who are impressed by our storm chasing antics. We have huge cahunas apparently...Scott is in the roofing business and has moved to Oklahoma from Michigan after finding out what damage can be done by giant hail. Tiffany is about to have an operation to cure her heart condition 13 years after being diagnosed - Scott has some choice words about the US medical provision.
We finish our drinks and head back to the Wingate. I'm not hungry but Ratty, Liam and Dawn head off for a...Sonic Burger. Perfectly reasonable says Ratty who is clearly not "thinking straight". Read between the lines on that one!
Tomorrow we have a bus booked for 10:30 to take us to the airport. I'm ready to come home but not relishing the long journey.
A nice leisurely breakfast and at 12:00 we order a cab to take us into town. We're picked up (let's call the driver "Jose"), and following advice from the receptionist get dropped of at Walmart which is next to Pensquare Mall. We do a bit of shopping and call Jose who comes to pick us up and takes us to Bricktown. Jose is clearly running some sort of a scam as he gave us his mobile to call rather than dispatch and sheepishly asks us to be quiet while he is berated over the radio for not picking some poor women up from the hospital.Bricktown is an old commercial area that has been renovated to provide shopping, eating and drinking and the roads have been replaced by canals. It's been well done and I would highly recommend it to recuperating storm chasers.
We find a nice bar and have a couple of pints of micro brewed ale (I have pale ale, Ratty some Belgium ale and Liam some Stella - Newcastle Brown is also on offer - Dawn isn't a beer drinker) and get some decent food for once at Jambo'z (?). I have a chicken salad and think I have burger withdrawal syndrome.
There are boats that do tours of the canal for $8 so we hop on and are treated to Dick van Dyke (the "driver") taking the mickey out of our English accents. We then pass the HQ of Sonic Burger. The driver asks where we think Sonic Burger is made; Ratty replies "hell". Dick van Dyke passes on his regards to the Queen Mother, and Ratty promises to dig her up...
We then hear the sound of live music and head to its source which is a bar called the Biting Sow. One of the guys playing looks like he is off duty fro ZZ Top.While we are supping our drinks (Sierra Nevada Pale Ale at 5.6% ABV which was quite nice) a guy leaps up and asks "is there is a doctor in the bar?". A women has collapsed and nobody else seems interested. The band even take this opportunity to plead for tips...No doctor appears and Ratty jumps into the fray as the "next best thing" and elevates the womans legs on a stool. Another woman leaps up, and as she has a heart condition is carrying a blood pressure monitor. The woman has low blood pressure and eventually someone calls for an ambulance. Instead four firemen turn up and she appears to perk up...Paramedics finally turn up and after a while she walks out under her own steam.
The guy that asked for a doctor and the woman that had the blood pressure monitor are a couple (hey Scott and Tiffany if you're reading!) and sit with us and we're all pretty annoyed that nobody (including the band who actually restarted playing before the paramedics were finished, and the bar manager who said "if her time has come...") was interested in the fate of the ill woman.We have a few more drinks and a good laugh with Scott and Tiffany who are impressed by our storm chasing antics. We have huge cahunas apparently...Scott is in the roofing business and has moved to Oklahoma from Michigan after finding out what damage can be done by giant hail. Tiffany is about to have an operation to cure her heart condition 13 years after being diagnosed - Scott has some choice words about the US medical provision.
We finish our drinks and head back to the Wingate. I'm not hungry but Ratty, Liam and Dawn head off for a...Sonic Burger. Perfectly reasonable says Ratty who is clearly not "thinking straight". Read between the lines on that one!
Tomorrow we have a bus booked for 10:30 to take us to the airport. I'm ready to come home but not relishing the long journey.
The long drive home...
Day 9 - June 5th
Today there is a moderate risk in Iowa/Missouri showing a 10% tornado risk and some potential in eastern Colorado, however bearing in mind it is our last chase day, these locations are just too far away so today we will be driving back to Oklahoma City.
On the small print, Tempest instructs guests not to book flights before 14:00 on the day after the last chase day just in case we are a long way from Oklahoma City. Dutifully, Liam, Dawn, Mark and I followed this instruction, and as our daily flight to Manchester is before this time, we booked an extra day in Oklahoma City at $90 per room and would now be flying back on the Monday rather than the Sunday. Two of the guests chose not to follow this instruction and booked their flights for 10:00. If there was something to chase on the last day this could have meant we would have missed the opportunity as we would have had to have been back in Oklahoma City on the Saturday night. As there was nothing to chase this proved academic; if there had been these two guests would have been made to understand my frustration...
We head east along the I80 and stop at Elm Creek (yet again), then lunch at York. I have a KFC with horrible tinned green beans and a biscuit, which to the uninitiated, is a doughy scone, which suffice to say, remained uneaten.
We head south on the 81 and as we pass through Concordia at 14:00 it is 94f.
We pass through Salina and Ratty comically gets yet another network text message on his Virgin phone welcoming him to the Isle of Man. I on the other hand have no mobile coverage anywhere other than Chicago and Oklahoma City. Liam and Dawn have no problems on 02. If you come storm chasing, leave your Orange mobile at home. Skype has been moderately successful; most hotels have wifi, but the iPhone needs a stronger signal than a laptop to get reception, so frequently I need to go to reception to make a call; one one day I couldn't log in and on another it wouldn't connect to Liane's mobile. Overall, not bad for 1.4p/minute to landlines and 16p to mobiles - I've only used £6 on the trip.
We stop at McPherson and Ratty insists on buying some beef jerky, sweetened, flavoured cured strips of cow. A had a nibble just to remind myself not to personally invest any money in such a purchase, Ratty on the other hand describes it as "infinitely preferable to a Sonic Burger".
We stop at Wakita in northern Oklahoma for the Twister Museum which pays tribute to the 1995 movie. It is also home to my 2008 fashion faux pas (see 2008 entry) where I have received some grief regarding my, now retired, Chippie shorts. Determined to erase this from history, I get Ratty to photograph my rather sober ensemble.
We phone the elderly lady proprietor who comes and lets us in. It's 18:00 and 97f. I buy some souvenirs and we head of south again.
We get back to Oklahoma City at 20:30 and head over the road to Pearls and I have some Catfish. Liam, Ratty and I get spruced up and head down to Brewsky's Bar for a few beers. We needn't have bothered making the effort; the bar is somewhat "parochial" if you know what I mean. I feel overdressed and don't have a shaved head and 6" goaty beard...bed by 01:30.
Tomorrow we're taking it easy and going into Bricktown for shopping and a meal.
Total miles 636
Today there is a moderate risk in Iowa/Missouri showing a 10% tornado risk and some potential in eastern Colorado, however bearing in mind it is our last chase day, these locations are just too far away so today we will be driving back to Oklahoma City.
On the small print, Tempest instructs guests not to book flights before 14:00 on the day after the last chase day just in case we are a long way from Oklahoma City. Dutifully, Liam, Dawn, Mark and I followed this instruction, and as our daily flight to Manchester is before this time, we booked an extra day in Oklahoma City at $90 per room and would now be flying back on the Monday rather than the Sunday. Two of the guests chose not to follow this instruction and booked their flights for 10:00. If there was something to chase on the last day this could have meant we would have missed the opportunity as we would have had to have been back in Oklahoma City on the Saturday night. As there was nothing to chase this proved academic; if there had been these two guests would have been made to understand my frustration...
We head east along the I80 and stop at Elm Creek (yet again), then lunch at York. I have a KFC with horrible tinned green beans and a biscuit, which to the uninitiated, is a doughy scone, which suffice to say, remained uneaten.
We head south on the 81 and as we pass through Concordia at 14:00 it is 94f.
We pass through Salina and Ratty comically gets yet another network text message on his Virgin phone welcoming him to the Isle of Man. I on the other hand have no mobile coverage anywhere other than Chicago and Oklahoma City. Liam and Dawn have no problems on 02. If you come storm chasing, leave your Orange mobile at home. Skype has been moderately successful; most hotels have wifi, but the iPhone needs a stronger signal than a laptop to get reception, so frequently I need to go to reception to make a call; one one day I couldn't log in and on another it wouldn't connect to Liane's mobile. Overall, not bad for 1.4p/minute to landlines and 16p to mobiles - I've only used £6 on the trip.
We stop at McPherson and Ratty insists on buying some beef jerky, sweetened, flavoured cured strips of cow. A had a nibble just to remind myself not to personally invest any money in such a purchase, Ratty on the other hand describes it as "infinitely preferable to a Sonic Burger".
We stop at Wakita in northern Oklahoma for the Twister Museum which pays tribute to the 1995 movie. It is also home to my 2008 fashion faux pas (see 2008 entry) where I have received some grief regarding my, now retired, Chippie shorts. Determined to erase this from history, I get Ratty to photograph my rather sober ensemble.We phone the elderly lady proprietor who comes and lets us in. It's 18:00 and 97f. I buy some souvenirs and we head of south again.
We get back to Oklahoma City at 20:30 and head over the road to Pearls and I have some Catfish. Liam, Ratty and I get spruced up and head down to Brewsky's Bar for a few beers. We needn't have bothered making the effort; the bar is somewhat "parochial" if you know what I mean. I feel overdressed and don't have a shaved head and 6" goaty beard...bed by 01:30.Tomorrow we're taking it easy and going into Bricktown for shopping and a meal.
Total miles 636
Friday, 4 June 2010
Bust...
Day 8 - 4th June
Today's target is south east South Dakota/north east Nebraska. Storms may initiate in Missouri but due to the chase unfriendly topography we won't be going there.
There is ample moisture and if storms do initiate they will appear in the evening. Supercells are possible and isolated tornadoes are also possible (2% chance) with an overall slight risk.
We drive south on the 81 over the Missouri river and stop in Columbus, Nebraska at Runza for a bacon cheese burger, which to be honest wasn't bad and goes to no. 1 in the burger hit parade.
I had a milk chocolate Hershey Bar and soon regret it. My memories of it tasting like sick prove to be correct, but feel free to disagree! We continue south on the 30 through Grand Island onto the I80 west.
We end up back in Elm Creek and wait around for a while deciding what to do. As predicted storms fire up in Kansas City Missouri but we won't be chasing them. We speculatively head west on the I80 towards North Platte (Liam's second home) hoping for something to break the CAP, a warm inverted layer set on top of cold air. If the CAP breaks, storms will be explosive. If it doesn't the day will end in a bust - we'll give it to 19:30 for something to happen.
We head north on the 83 and the temperature is 91f. We keep going on the 97 and although a few clouds bubble up there is no lift (no wind) and the CAP proves unmovable. That's storm chasing, you have to take the rough with the smooth. We do an about turn back to North Platte and I have a brisket sandwich at a BBQ place which is ok. We source some beer (Dark Side Vanilla Porter brewed in Lincoln Nebraska) which is pretty good and Mark, Liam and Dawn and I retire to my room to fight over this laptop and internet connection.
Total mile TBC
No photos worthy of uploading
Today's target is south east South Dakota/north east Nebraska. Storms may initiate in Missouri but due to the chase unfriendly topography we won't be going there.
There is ample moisture and if storms do initiate they will appear in the evening. Supercells are possible and isolated tornadoes are also possible (2% chance) with an overall slight risk.
We drive south on the 81 over the Missouri river and stop in Columbus, Nebraska at Runza for a bacon cheese burger, which to be honest wasn't bad and goes to no. 1 in the burger hit parade.
I had a milk chocolate Hershey Bar and soon regret it. My memories of it tasting like sick prove to be correct, but feel free to disagree! We continue south on the 30 through Grand Island onto the I80 west.
We end up back in Elm Creek and wait around for a while deciding what to do. As predicted storms fire up in Kansas City Missouri but we won't be chasing them. We speculatively head west on the I80 towards North Platte (Liam's second home) hoping for something to break the CAP, a warm inverted layer set on top of cold air. If the CAP breaks, storms will be explosive. If it doesn't the day will end in a bust - we'll give it to 19:30 for something to happen.
We head north on the 83 and the temperature is 91f. We keep going on the 97 and although a few clouds bubble up there is no lift (no wind) and the CAP proves unmovable. That's storm chasing, you have to take the rough with the smooth. We do an about turn back to North Platte and I have a brisket sandwich at a BBQ place which is ok. We source some beer (Dark Side Vanilla Porter brewed in Lincoln Nebraska) which is pretty good and Mark, Liam and Dawn and I retire to my room to fight over this laptop and internet connection.
Total mile TBC
No photos worthy of uploading
Thursday, 3 June 2010
Long chase north...
Day 7 - 3rd June
Today's target is South Central South Dakota with a good chance of seeing supercell storms, but it will be a long drive from Kansas.
We head north on the 183 through Stockton and on into Nebraska and I chomp on banana hoping it will mitigate the worst excesses of the fast food diet. We stop near the I80 at Elm Creek and I share a pepperoni pizza with Ratty which makes a change from the usual burger. We continue north and stop at Bassett towards the South Dakota border where I have a Good Humour ice cream and an iced coffee drink not realising that the drink alone contains 340 calories...Crap!
We set off and are flagged down by a Swiss chaser (I believe to be Olivier Staiger http://www.klipsi.ch) who wants to say hello. We then stop in Gregory and resist the temptation to visit the "Historic Downtown Gregory".
We continue north and cross the Missouri then go east on the 44. An isolated storm has bubbled up and is a likely supercell. We stop and take some photographs and move on. The next stop is by a small cemetery filled with generations of Scandinavian settlers and chat to a couple who are visiting. I'm sure they already have their plots booked.
The storm we were on starts to recede but there is another one 30 miles behind it coming our way which looks promising and sure enough, at 19:00 as we pass through Armour the supercell becomes tornado warned.
We head East, but this is fraught with disappointment because the road system is not great and the storm is tracking along the Missouri and bridges are in short supply.
We head south on the 37 and cross back over the Missouri then turn east on the 12 and eventually get ahead of the storm. By now it had split into two and we were chasing the right hand part. We charge to higher ground and get some great structure shots, then move on and get some more across a field of cows who seam none plussed by our presence.
The light is closing in so we head north to Yankton on the 81 through torrential rain and lightning. We pass a nice looking steak house and drive right in...to Burger King. I don't eat this stuff at home and can't face any more burgers so have ribs instead. We finish eating and go outside to watch some frenetic lightning before heading off to the Super 8 for the night. Yet again, by coincidence, I stayed in Yankton on the 2008 trip on the same Thursday.
It's an early finish - it's only 00:15 as I finish writing this up and we won't be setting off until after 10:30 tomorrow. I suspect we'll be chasing not far away tomorrow. I'm looking forward to a decent sleep.
Total miles 525
Today's target is South Central South Dakota with a good chance of seeing supercell storms, but it will be a long drive from Kansas.
We head north on the 183 through Stockton and on into Nebraska and I chomp on banana hoping it will mitigate the worst excesses of the fast food diet. We stop near the I80 at Elm Creek and I share a pepperoni pizza with Ratty which makes a change from the usual burger. We continue north and stop at Bassett towards the South Dakota border where I have a Good Humour ice cream and an iced coffee drink not realising that the drink alone contains 340 calories...Crap!
We set off and are flagged down by a Swiss chaser (I believe to be Olivier Staiger http://www.klipsi.ch) who wants to say hello. We then stop in Gregory and resist the temptation to visit the "Historic Downtown Gregory".
We continue north and cross the Missouri then go east on the 44. An isolated storm has bubbled up and is a likely supercell. We stop and take some photographs and move on. The next stop is by a small cemetery filled with generations of Scandinavian settlers and chat to a couple who are visiting. I'm sure they already have their plots booked.
The storm we were on starts to recede but there is another one 30 miles behind it coming our way which looks promising and sure enough, at 19:00 as we pass through Armour the supercell becomes tornado warned.We head East, but this is fraught with disappointment because the road system is not great and the storm is tracking along the Missouri and bridges are in short supply.
We head south on the 37 and cross back over the Missouri then turn east on the 12 and eventually get ahead of the storm. By now it had split into two and we were chasing the right hand part. We charge to higher ground and get some great structure shots, then move on and get some more across a field of cows who seam none plussed by our presence.
The light is closing in so we head north to Yankton on the 81 through torrential rain and lightning. We pass a nice looking steak house and drive right in...to Burger King. I don't eat this stuff at home and can't face any more burgers so have ribs instead. We finish eating and go outside to watch some frenetic lightning before heading off to the Super 8 for the night. Yet again, by coincidence, I stayed in Yankton on the 2008 trip on the same Thursday.It's an early finish - it's only 00:15 as I finish writing this up and we won't be setting off until after 10:30 tomorrow. I suspect we'll be chasing not far away tomorrow. I'm looking forward to a decent sleep.
Total miles 525
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Play it cool son, play it cool...
Day 6 - 2nd June
Another fantastic day on the Plains, two supercell thunderstorms and more.
The initial target is around north east Colorado, the Oklahoma Pan Handle or possibly into Texas. The tornado potential for today is 2% but who knows what we'll get.
We head off west on the I70 and stop at Colby for provisions and by coincidence Vortex 2 are have stopped there as well. Vortex 2 is the biggest tornado research project ever comprising over 40 vehicles (including doppler radar trucks, probe teams and other weather recording vans) and 0ver 100 scientists. As we pull in I spot Tim Marshall, one of the team filling up with gas.
I wonder into the main shop and there is Herb Stein, driver of DOW 7 at the check out. I turn round and there is Dr Josh Wurman, project leader of Vortex 2, and then in walks Karen Kosiba, part of the DOW 7 team. I'm trying to buy some lunch but am so distracted (mostly by Karen...) that I end up with 5 bananas and 3 fibre bars. I'm paying for that selection as I type...
We wander back to the van and Dawn insists I get my photo taken with some of the Vortex 2 team. Self consciously we chase after Josh and Karen who are walking back to DOW 7.
Thankfully they are quite happy to have their photos taken with the idiot with the bag of bananas...I told them I'd last seen them in Woodward Oklahoma in 2006 and promise to meet them again in another 4 years. I then have to suffer my leg being pulled for the rest of the day. Not sure I played it cool!
We then set of and end up in Goodland and stop at Wendy's for yet another burger. Ratty reckons it's the best yet and then launches into another diatribe about Sonic Burger. The models have been updated and our original target doesn't look too good any more and we head off towards Nebraska.
We head north on the 61 through Imperial and near to Madrid then charge down dirt roads after a newly formed supercell. We are treated to a number of gustnadoes including one which buffets the van with corn stalk debris.
The supercell soon loses its way as other storms fire to form a line so we head south on the 23 then on the 83 through McCook as another supercell is initiating. We're now in Kansas and stop on the 29 to take some photos. The supercell has a classic form of rain curtain and precipitation free base and is producing a wall cloud. We keep moving and stopping to keep ahead of the storm which is tracking south east at 20mph.
We park up and elements of Vortex 2 turn up. Tim Marshall walks past the van and doesn't acknowledge my exuberant "Hiya Tim!".Although the supercell doesn't drop a tornado, the structure is amazing. It eventually falls apart as we drive down the I70. We spot Storm Chasing Adventure Tours parked up, the previous crew I chased with.
To celebrate our ongoing success we have a steak and beer at Oakley (home town of Buffalo Bill) and then we're back at the Super 8 at WaKeeney at 23:00 where we started the chase 14 hours earlier.
A great day, two supercells and I got my photo taken with Karen Kosiba ;o)
Total miles 519
Another fantastic day on the Plains, two supercell thunderstorms and more.
The initial target is around north east Colorado, the Oklahoma Pan Handle or possibly into Texas. The tornado potential for today is 2% but who knows what we'll get.
We head off west on the I70 and stop at Colby for provisions and by coincidence Vortex 2 are have stopped there as well. Vortex 2 is the biggest tornado research project ever comprising over 40 vehicles (including doppler radar trucks, probe teams and other weather recording vans) and 0ver 100 scientists. As we pull in I spot Tim Marshall, one of the team filling up with gas.
I wonder into the main shop and there is Herb Stein, driver of DOW 7 at the check out. I turn round and there is Dr Josh Wurman, project leader of Vortex 2, and then in walks Karen Kosiba, part of the DOW 7 team. I'm trying to buy some lunch but am so distracted (mostly by Karen...) that I end up with 5 bananas and 3 fibre bars. I'm paying for that selection as I type...
We wander back to the van and Dawn insists I get my photo taken with some of the Vortex 2 team. Self consciously we chase after Josh and Karen who are walking back to DOW 7.
Thankfully they are quite happy to have their photos taken with the idiot with the bag of bananas...I told them I'd last seen them in Woodward Oklahoma in 2006 and promise to meet them again in another 4 years. I then have to suffer my leg being pulled for the rest of the day. Not sure I played it cool!We then set of and end up in Goodland and stop at Wendy's for yet another burger. Ratty reckons it's the best yet and then launches into another diatribe about Sonic Burger. The models have been updated and our original target doesn't look too good any more and we head off towards Nebraska.
We head north on the 61 through Imperial and near to Madrid then charge down dirt roads after a newly formed supercell. We are treated to a number of gustnadoes including one which buffets the van with corn stalk debris.
The supercell soon loses its way as other storms fire to form a line so we head south on the 23 then on the 83 through McCook as another supercell is initiating. We're now in Kansas and stop on the 29 to take some photos. The supercell has a classic form of rain curtain and precipitation free base and is producing a wall cloud. We keep moving and stopping to keep ahead of the storm which is tracking south east at 20mph.
We park up and elements of Vortex 2 turn up. Tim Marshall walks past the van and doesn't acknowledge my exuberant "Hiya Tim!".Although the supercell doesn't drop a tornado, the structure is amazing. It eventually falls apart as we drive down the I70. We spot Storm Chasing Adventure Tours parked up, the previous crew I chased with.To celebrate our ongoing success we have a steak and beer at Oakley (home town of Buffalo Bill) and then we're back at the Super 8 at WaKeeney at 23:00 where we started the chase 14 hours earlier.
A great day, two supercells and I got my photo taken with Karen Kosiba ;o)
Total miles 519
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Bust...head
Day 5 - 1st June
I haven't go time to write this up, but today was promising but ended up as a bust with nothing materialising. I did however manage to slice my head open getting into the van and it bled like a bitch. Fortunately, guest Dr Murphy was on hand to clean me up and thankfully it stopped bleeding. A pretty anti climatic day, but that's storm chasing.
We're at the Super 8 in WaKeeney, Kansas, where by coincidence I stayed on the same Tuesday 2 years ago. It's 01:30 and I'm taking my sore head to bed
and looking forward to going back to Colorado tomorrow which is the likely bet.
Total miles TBC
I haven't go time to write this up, but today was promising but ended up as a bust with nothing materialising. I did however manage to slice my head open getting into the van and it bled like a bitch. Fortunately, guest Dr Murphy was on hand to clean me up and thankfully it stopped bleeding. A pretty anti climatic day, but that's storm chasing.
We're at the Super 8 in WaKeeney, Kansas, where by coincidence I stayed on the same Tuesday 2 years ago. It's 01:30 and I'm taking my sore head to bed
and looking forward to going back to Colorado tomorrow which is the likely bet.
Total miles TBC
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