2018--day 3
Thursday, 24 May 2018
After a much-needed night's rest (and only one tick needing removal), we left Sioux Falls, SD around 9 am local time. Contemplated why the highways in SD are often pink. Much like yesterday, the pattern is rather anemic in that there are no strong signals saying 'Go here,' so we're thinking that west and south toward the high terrain of Kansas and Colorado will provide the best potential for fun. Sadly that means a lot of driving and potential arrivals after any storms initiate. To make matters even more interesting, a number of radars have decided to go on strike. Here's to flying blind.
Via Nebraska (#9), we wound up in northwest Kansas (Hoxie/Norton/Selden) in the late afternoon and chased some storms that produced some incredible lightning and a small funnel cloud, raised some dust, and left us with a great sunset/rainbow/mammatus display. Hopefully the pictures do it justice (stay tuned). Oh yeah, we also helped a bird commit unintended suicide.
After watching the sunset stuff for about an hour at the side of a road, we trudged back toward Kearney, NE for the night. The thought is that Friday will be a tracvel day toward Montana, but that's not set in stone. Final tally: 10 states so far (Kansas is #10), 641 miles.
After a much-needed night's rest (and only one tick needing removal), we left Sioux Falls, SD around 9 am local time. Contemplated why the highways in SD are often pink. Much like yesterday, the pattern is rather anemic in that there are no strong signals saying 'Go here,' so we're thinking that west and south toward the high terrain of Kansas and Colorado will provide the best potential for fun. Sadly that means a lot of driving and potential arrivals after any storms initiate. To make matters even more interesting, a number of radars have decided to go on strike. Here's to flying blind.
Via Nebraska (#9), we wound up in northwest Kansas (Hoxie/Norton/Selden) in the late afternoon and chased some storms that produced some incredible lightning and a small funnel cloud, raised some dust, and left us with a great sunset/rainbow/mammatus display. Hopefully the pictures do it justice (stay tuned). Oh yeah, we also helped a bird commit unintended suicide.
After watching the sunset stuff for about an hour at the side of a road, we trudged back toward Kearney, NE for the night. The thought is that Friday will be a tracvel day toward Montana, but that's not set in stone. Final tally: 10 states so far (Kansas is #10), 641 miles.
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