The beginning....Day 1 May 28, 2010

May 28, 2010 marks the beginning of our stormchase this year. It doesn't look like much will be happening the first few days that we are out. We begin the vacation by attending a wedding of some friends down at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge near Medicine Park, OK.

Gene Rhoden and Heather Tracy are getting married at 11:30 am today. We received the invitation in the form of a DVD with pictures of the two of them describing their life since finding one another. The wedding was billed as a casual affair and promised to be a lot of fun. Unfortunately life had other plans for Chuck and I that morning and we didn't make it to the wedding on time but did make it in time to celebrate with them the beginning of their new life together. I am going to try and 'steal' a picture to post here so you can share with us.



This is a picture of Heather and Gene's families.




This one is one of the actual wedding. I wish we could have been there! Life! What a beautiful site to be married at! What a awesome couple getting married! Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Rhoden!!!!

After the wedding we headed north to Dodge City KS where we were staying over night the first night. Chuck had booked a room at the Super 8 there for us the night before. It is one of the better franchises. We made it into Dodge about 8pm and went out to eat supper with Carolyn and Jim Johnson at a nifty place called The Bad Habit Bar and Grill. Very nice steak and a great place to go to just sit around and visit for awhile.

We went to bed early so we could be up early to head out for NE in hopes we would be seeing some kind of severe weather tomorrow.

Storm chasing!

I am sorry that I haven't posted in a while but I have been out with my DH pursuing a hobby that I love. Most know that my husband is a meterologist and avid storm chaser and over the years I watched him go out each spring and wished I could go with him. About 11 years ago I started going with Chuck and I am totally hooked.

Yesterday we saw a storm in SE Wyoming...Goshen County that has made it on all the news because it was such a triumph for the Vortex 2 chase team and Weather Channel has been promoting the project. Here are a couple pics I thought you might like to see. You can click on the pictures to enlarge them if you would like them full screen. These pictures are all copy write protected. (c)vdoswell 2009/cdoswell enterprises.

This was the first picture I got of the tornado. It tried to set down 2-3 funnels and finally it happened!



The tornado became so rain wrapped it was really hard to see it!



After a few minutes it became more visible but still difficult for me to get good photos. I am hoping Chuck can enhance them a little so they are easier to see.



These are a couple of the last pics of this tornado.



Chuck with the tornado in the background.



In this pic the tornado was almost gone but look at the tube around the actual tornado. Beautiful.



The storm went on for a long time more but I am out of time tonight putting anymore on the blog. I hope everyone enjoys seeing these pictures. More later!

Vickie