Got up at 7 at the Spring Lake RV Park just northwest of Wichita Kansas and checked the radar. MASSIVE thunderstorm about 70 miles to the northwest but heading our way. Looked like we could beat it to Pratt Kansas 45 miles out so we turned the key and rolled northwest.
Tracked the storm as we both closed in on Pratt and one mile out the first drops hit the windshield. I stopped for fuel and the skies opened up, torrential rain and a constant barrage of lightning. We hunkered down in a local diner for breakfast and to wait for it to pass. The power went out just as my eggs came out but by the time we finished eating the worst of the storm had passed... or so I thought.
What followed was a very windy ride down through Liberal Kansas, across the corner of the Oklahoma panhandle and on down to Dalhart in the Texas panhandle. Naturally the wind was out of the southwest because that was where we were headed. It blew 25-30+all the way down US 54 to Dalhart knocki.g our mileage back 30%.
Not exactly a white knuckle ride but the on coming trucks in combinaion with the high winds certainly made it interesting. We'll get an early start in the morning bound through Tucumcari, Vaughn, Mountainaire and hopefully into the Kiva RV Park and Horse Motel (if you are passing through on I-25 it is a must see, as in a truely unique stop), on I-25 at Bernardo.
:B
Dennis
