Monday's chase was a bit of a downer after Sunday's all-you-can-watch tornado buffet. There was not a great chance of severe weather and it took us nearly 500 miles of wandering the open space of Texas to confirm it. We were on a hot streak and anything was possible. Anything, by definition, includes nothing. Streak over.
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| Monday's Breakfast - Cheezy Sausage-Egg Croissant - Yum! |
When one spends a disproportionate amount of time in one's vehicle chasing invisible air patterns, one tends not to focus on other important life skills. Like diet. Unlike most metropolitan areas, including places which offer high-quality edibles, is not unlike finding fiber in a Twinkie. So, rather than go hungry, we eat off the land.
After a crappy run in sidewalkless NW Enid, we wolfed down some Frosty Flakes and the infamous Holiday Inn Express cinnamon rolls. Out to the open roads. Not a Jamba Juice nor a Starbucks within 200 miles. We chased a promising storm just north of Electra. It was the only show in town until it started ingesting low-dew point air and collapsed upon itself. A sort of cumulonimbus Airy-carey if you will. Self -deprecating humidity even.
We retreated back to the largest town in the area - Seymour then stumbled upon a Subway for a late lunch. We decided upon a Veggie-Delite, which in my opinion, is an oxymoron, but healthy nonetheless. All the veggies plus provolone please. "Huh?" said the sandwich maiden. provolone cheese...I said slower as though that would help. We don't have provolone. Oh, okay, Swiss then. No Swiss (a true Swiss miss). Pepper Jack? Nope. We have three types of cheese - American, white cheddar and shredded. Hmmm...I suppose shredded cheese must come from ripped muscular cows. I chose cheddar. She eyed me as though I was a bit weird. I get that a lot. I decided against asking about avacado. You want bacon with that? No. Here or to go? "To go" I said a bit too eagerly.
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| World Famous! Really?
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We spent the rest of the afternoon chasing shadows of storms before retreating back to Wichita Falls. The lunar eclipse was about to begin, and our location was ideal for viewing it full on - 100% coverage. Cool, except for all those dang thunderclouds in the way. Not only were these clouds incapable of putting out, they also took up the task of blocking our view of the moon blocking our sun. We raced ahead and eventually got a peak at sol beginning his embrace of luna.
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| John - After his first Starbucks Double Shot |
Unprepared to view the eclipse in a safe and adult manner, we resorted to the quick-glimpse method. This method not only gave us an instant view of the ultimate sun-block, but also burned the image into our retinas for many minutes thereafter. "i'll take that image to go please. What is cool about this low-brow viewing technique is that BOTH retinas get burned with the image, and upon closing your eyes, you see TWO suns side-by-side with the moon covering a portion of it. It looked just like a pair of eyes looking down to the right. Do not try this at home.
Dinner was limited due to the 10 PM hour on a Sunday night. We were lucky to grab a bacon-cheese burger, fries and a beer at AppleBees. Sorry tummy, the sun will not be the only thing that gets blocked tonight.
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