Thursday, June 2, 2011

Post date: Jun 2, 2011 3:23:39 PM

1000 CDT: Yesterday was a GREAT chase day, even though we didn't see any (verifiable) tornadoes. We did see several potential tornadoes, but simply couldn't verify that they were on the ground. Otherwise, we saw excellent structure, lots of hail and were able to witness (and photograph) lots of great lightning. See pictures here. (...with more to follow, as I wade my way through all of 'em!)

So now I'm down to my last three days of chasing... and things look pretty marginal, to say the least. Still, things could change, and half the fun is the chase itself... so we shall see!

And here's yesterday's travel map:

1300 CDT: We now shift to the "Large and Bizarre" version of Cloud 9 Tours.

Since we don't have anything reasonable to chase for the day, it looks like we'll be touring the local points of interest... which will likely be Lucas, KS, and the Garden of Eden. Tomorrow might give us something to chase (crossing my fingers), and then Saturday will probably just be the drive back to Norman, OK.

2330 CDT: Today was fun, and we introduced some newbies to the "Large and Bizarre" world that is called Central Kansas. A visit here just doesn't seem complete unless we visit the World's Largest Ball of Sisal Twine (on top of which, George planked) and the Garden of Eden. (See pictures here.)

Here's the day's travel map: