The Southwest up to Omaha

We turned up to Oklahoma and immediately big fat raindrops started covering the windshield. Within 5 minutes the roads were flooding and we pulled over at a gas station to ride it out. The rain quickly turned into a downpour, and before long the lightning was flashing across the sky directly overhead and the thunder was LOUD. We waited for 20 minutes or so until it died down, then pressed on.

Unfortunately, the direction we had to head was back INTO the storm, and after about 10 minutes visibility was so bad we had to turn out again. We took cover at a truck stop with other truckers and even a police officer. The lightning was so rapid it looked like a strobe light in the sky, flashing every 1-2 seconds from all directions. The thunder was so powerful our motorhome was rocking back and forth. We checked the weather radar and discovered we were on the edge of a severe super cell thunderstorm with a tornado warning, and we’d have to wait for the whole system to pass over us. It was the craziest lightning storm either of us had ever seen, and later the news reported wind gusts up to 90 mph.

Needless to say, we did NOT make it to Dodge City at our predicted time! We were delighted once we were able to drive through Oklahoma though, because it turns out everyone driving a passenger truck waved at Eric. How friendly!!Lue lisää