Headed out this day with Dann targeting the Palmer Divide where some isolated storms were forecasted to pop up.  We weren’t expecting much except maybe a few hailers and possibly some land spouts.  Well, it was pretty much a bust-ola.  We did manage to catch up with Mr. Tony Laubach not too far from Larkspur since he had a few down days from Twistex.  So we sat there for a few hours looking for any signs of storms popping up on radar but to no avail.  Cameron Redwine, who was now done with his duties for Vortex 2 showed up and so did Justin King who usually chases up north and was nice to finally meet.  So in the middle of nowhere on a dirt road we all kind of hung out and shared war stories from the season so far praying for the cap to break.  It didn’t.

Eventually a few cells started to show a faint beating of their hearts back near Bennett on I-70, so off we went.  By the time we got to them, they weren’t anything to write home about.  So Dann and I decided to get some chow at Wendy’s near the rendezvous point and while we were eating, a cell finally did go up near the dirt road we sat at all day!  And isn’t that storm chasing for ya?  It was a bit too far away for us to intercept, but we did find a good pull off to take some structure photo’s at the least…

Here’s a few I got from the Wendy’s parking lot believe it or not:

And then here’s a few decent sunset shots.  The colors were actually quite good at the time!

Later that night as I got back home, there was a ton of lightning happening in the Denver area.  I briefly debated heading to my lightning spot on top of the DU Light Rail parking garage but I passed out on my couch 5 minutes after I walked in the door.  I was exhausted from not much sleep the night before.  Anyway, not a horrible day by any means.

Stats:

Chase Mileage: 204

Total 2010 Mileage: 9968 (so close to 10k!)

Tornadoes: 0

Total 2010 Tornadoes: 13

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