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second to Dallas to Nebraska

Hello again,

since Friday has been particularly physically with us again been a lot. First of all, the story of the (possibly) toxic spider in the car has done. But one by one. After our long drive to Dallas on the night of Thursday, we were extremely tired at our motel, slept like a couple of times Hour (about 9:30 to 12:00 noon, on average) before we look at the nearby Whataburger indulged in a little lunch. On the night way through Oklahoma, we crossed the cold front and on Thursday we were in Dallas in the humid Gulf of Mexico air at boiling cumulus clouds, and about 29 ° C with a dew point of about 20 ° C. The shearing was down here in North Texas but much smaller and also the dynamics of the trough was not to be compared with the previous two days, but promised the cold front passage from the northwest to get interesting. First, we use four times but the myriad of shopping opportunities from Dallas / Fort Worth and looking for a monstrous mall with name Grapevine Mills. This about 240 shops comprehensive area you can roam all day long and you do not notice how fast the credit card begins to glow. Well, as bad it was not ;-).

While we were at the mall on the road, we noticed in one of the six or seven main inputs, such as the sky darkened outside quickly and it was very windy. As soon as we were in the parking lot, it turned out: the cold front was there and brought them still interesting weather. It was not long before we took the decision, sometimes a few miles to drive across the metro area and the squall line us a closer look. The cells subjected to this very slowly and soon we alerted the Weather Radio on Flash-flood warnings for parts of Arlington and Fort Worth. After two days of heavy storms and supercells there was almost a bonus that is still connected torrential rains with numerous lightning strikes in the urban service from Dallas / Fort Worth. Within minutes it haute down about 30 liters per square meter and even the oversized drains (which according to rumors probably know this, a whole small car will be gone) created not the rush of water masses. In some places the cars were floating through the streets more than they drove.

spent after this wet experience Eric, Felix, Julian and I recent evening together in one of the best steak houses from Haltom City, near Dallas and celebrate our holidays and our "catches" the last days. On Friday morning we Felix and Eric finally brought to the airport, you Urluab was unfortunately too late.

Julian and I hastily changed after the car, not only because of the spider, but also for reasons of space. From then on we were in a Nissan Murano through the land and the same again on Saturday in the far north to Kansas. The last night we spent in Hays, a small town in the northwest of the state. Due to the Memorial Day weekend, the motel search designed on the eve of the way, very difficult. Not only that all motels in Wichita, Kansas (one City with over 400,000 inhabitants) were fully booked, no, we still had to up to Salina, Kansas, and spend quite overpriced for about $ 85 (!) A night. Well, today we went quite quickly from Hays in the southwestern corner of Nebraska and thus a new state on our list. For this region it was from the Storm Prediction Center, a "slight risk" and in the course of the afternoon were formed in strong south to southeast wind and about 29 ° C and initial cells. We also went and found it still a nice lake in the middle of rolling prairie. To swim but was hardly any time, for soon the storm covered with heavy rain and some hail from.

gave the evening then north of the small town of McCook are some very photogenic storm, coupled with a beautiful, colorful sunset.

morning (Monday), Memorial Day, we are again under a "slight risk" for severe thunderstorms. Previously expected at about 30 ° C and violent south wind still an opportunity to give tan :-).

Ciao, Lars

and Julian