We checked out the 4th Annual Storm Chaser Car Show...can you believe that this is a fun past time in the Southwest...chasing storms and if a tornado drops, these people are in heaven! Most natives in this part of the country can dissect a storm in 2 minutes flat and when watching tornado coverage on the news stations we can tell how close it will come to our house and how soon we must crawl into our safe areas. I know many transplants and our storm seasons in spring and fall can really scare them. This is my son showing one of the cars (out of about 20 at the car show), that belongs to a local TV station.
The boys are relaxing by the fountain after touring the National Weather center, having fun at the children's activities, and hitting all of the booths that had weather-related information and products.
They launched weather balloons every hour and here's my Youngest and his Dad watching the balloon sail off. I tried to get a picture of the balloon itself, but those buggers are fast! I do have a great picture of the clear, blue November sky though!
It was fun. I'm looking forward to the Native American Festival though. They will have dancers, storytellers, crafts and Indian tacos!
I know this probably totally labels me as an outsider but I think that would be SO FUN to chase storms! Of course actually LIVING through a storm would probably change my mind but from the outside looking in it sounds like an adventure :)
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