Unfortunately, as I said in my last post, the whole steak ordeal was one of the more exciting things that happened on the storm chase. Even so, we all still had a good time and we did get to see a little weather over those two weeks. But first we had to position ourselves . . .
Canyon, Texas, was where we stayed for the steak night and one additional night. Canyon is a town that has its name for a very practical reason: a huge canyon is within several miles of the town. That canyon is Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon in the U.S. behind the Grand Canyon. Palo Duro was a very scenic place, and we were able to actually drive down into the canyon. We even saw several wild turkeys while we were down in it, which I definitely wasn't expecting to see.
After Palo Duro, we headed further away from where we might have a chance of seeing any storms, as we ended up in Roswell, New Mexico. We took another sightseeing trip to Carlsbad Caverns, which is another great place to visit on a dry and calm storm chase. We stayed in Roswell for the night, we weren't abducted by aliens, and then we headed bach towards the Texas panhandle in an effort to position ourselves for some possible storms over the first weekend.
We stayed a night in Dumas, Texas, and then headed up to Salina, Kansas. Our hope was to finally be able to chase some storms in SE Kansas. The models and the SPC were both showing a better chance than we'd seen all week for a small outbreak of storms, so we wanted to take a shot at it, even though it still didn't look great. So, the next day we headed towards the quaint little town of Winfield, Kansas, to wait for the cap to break . . .
Canyon, Texas, was where we stayed for the steak night and one additional night. Canyon is a town that has its name for a very practical reason: a huge canyon is within several miles of the town. That canyon is Palo Duro Canyon, the second largest canyon in the U.S. behind the Grand Canyon. Palo Duro was a very scenic place, and we were able to actually drive down into the canyon. We even saw several wild turkeys while we were down in it, which I definitely wasn't expecting to see.
After Palo Duro, we headed further away from where we might have a chance of seeing any storms, as we ended up in Roswell, New Mexico. We took another sightseeing trip to Carlsbad Caverns, which is another great place to visit on a dry and calm storm chase. We stayed in Roswell for the night, we weren't abducted by aliens, and then we headed bach towards the Texas panhandle in an effort to position ourselves for some possible storms over the first weekend.
We stayed a night in Dumas, Texas, and then headed up to Salina, Kansas. Our hope was to finally be able to chase some storms in SE Kansas. The models and the SPC were both showing a better chance than we'd seen all week for a small outbreak of storms, so we wanted to take a shot at it, even though it still didn't look great. So, the next day we headed towards the quaint little town of Winfield, Kansas, to wait for the cap to break . . .