Chase Log, 05 Apr 10

Matt and I headed out about 2:30, with an initial target of Hutchinson. We arrived about 3:15 and commenced what turned into a long wait on nothing, sitting in the McDonald’s/Kwik Shop parking lot at US 50 and K-96. Strongly reminiscent of the last bust (a year and a half ago), we streamed video of the McDonald’s employee parking lot for about 2.5 hours…watching a good waste of so many things develop.

We knew going in things would be a challenge, but I think it was on both our minds that the biggest challenge was just where rising air would pierce the cap. The air really never got to rising, so that never became an issue.

We did decide at one point to make the drive to Pratt, but I think we were both realized by then our hopes were dwindling. it was really, I think, a “follow the other chasers” moment more than anything that caused us to really think anything was going to go up. Upon arrival in Pratt, we parked in the McDonald’s parking lot. Do you sense a theme for the season developing here?

Twenty minutes later, we called it a bust and settled in for the 80-minute drive home. Gotta have these days every once in a while right?