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Partners: Randy Baker, Phil Kurimski, Mark Rader, Kirk Swain Target: Kansas City, KS and points unknown Distance: ˜ 400 miles to KC, KS ˜ 335 miles to O'Neill, NE Duration: ˜13 hours |
I met Randy Baker through UPS after I sent our Met department pictures of the March 28 storm. He informed me that he and some friends of his had a chasecation planned the week before Memorial Day, and extended me an invitation to join them...as they had one opening. I was stoked!!! I left about 7:15 CDT so I could meet the chase team at the Great Wolf Lodge in KC by 13:00 CDT. The Lodge was next to the Kansas Speedway, and I could hear the stock cars practicing as I waited.
After meeting the group, we set off north for Sioux Falls, SD. We re-routed to the west on Hwy. 30, due to storms firing in NC Nebraska. The storms never amounted to much, so we called it a night in O'Neill, NE (Nebraska's Irish town). The guys in the group were great, and I felt at ease with them immediately. I went to bed knowing I was in for one awesome week!!!