Chasing, Cheering, and Chalupas

Jacob and I spent Wednesday and Thursday hanging around with Adam in Fort Collins. We had hoped to do some storm chasing while out west, but the weather has not been very cooperative for that venture. The three of us did take off for southern Wyoming on Thursday afternoon when Adam's fancy-schmancy computer radar program indicated the slight possibility of severe storms there. Even though we didn't see any tornadoes or thunderstorms - or even a bolt of lightening for that matter - we had a fun time learning the ins and outs of storm chasing. I certainly understand why the Vortex 2 project operated in the Great Plains the past two years. With no hills or trees in your line of sight, you really can see for miles and miles and miles . . .

Jim flew up from Houston to join us on Friday. We all went to the Colorado Rockies game in Denver on Saturday. The match up between the Rockies and the St. Louis Cardinals was quite exciting. The first inning lasted about 40 loooong minutes with Colorado scoring six runs. In the end, the home team won 15-4 and there was never a dull moment since the batters just kept on hitting and hitting. As an added bonus, the Rockies have a promotion that offers discounted Taco Bell food whenever they score 7 or more runs in a game. Needless to say, we enjoyed tacos and nachos this evening. Dinner for four was less than $9.00.

Jacob posed for me as we waited for storms to develop on a rural road in Wyoming.

Adam, Jacob, and Jim at Coors Field. The temperature was chilly - in the low 60s. Jim said that it felt like wintertime in Houston.

A row of these purplish-blue seats goes completely around the stadium to signify the mile-high mark. The seats are empty here because we arrived over an hour before game time.