Looking back on the trip I find so hard remembering what happen on what day. Mainly because we saw so many storms and the days where so long. By the end of the day you are completely drained, only to get up the next morning and do the same all over again, and the mad thing is you love it. Stopping at a garage to fill up with fuel and you know your lunch is going to be something off the shelf. After you have driven 800+ miles that day, before going to bed you're all rewinding your video tapes and looking at each others tapes seeing if any of you have that exceptional shot. So by now you are wondering why I did it, the answer to that is for the chase! Getting as much information you can, reading the storm and being in the right place at the right time! Just close enough to enjoy it and get that elusive shot just to remember it with and still be able to walk away and enjoy it. Is the chase a thrill, Yes, but the to capture one moment on film is just as much. Yes as a storm chaser you do end up with bust days, but they are only measured in the standards you set. If you are only out for a Tornadoes then you'll have a lot of bust days!

My only wish already is that I was going back next year, but I hope to see those plains in 2004.

N.B.
I must add a warning about your safety, first if you know nothing about meteorology or storm chasing but you still want to do it, go with a tour operator! I'll add some tour companies to the links page. A tornado will pick you up, throw you about like a rag doll and toss you aside. Lightning is hotter that the sun and the power in a single strike can light a city. If you survive all that, it has not been unheard of chasers getting run over on the side of the road, remember if you are watching a tornado chances are that the person driving down the road is too, and won't see you!