Rich on the Road

The lunch stop today is at the K-Bob steakhouse in Dumas, Texas. Still three hours from "where we want to be," says Bill Reid, who is running this show. It's looking more like southeast Colorado instead of the northeast part of the state which is good news for David and my drive back tonight and tomorrow

During an Amarillo stop for gas this morning and a quick side trip the the Big Texas -- famous for it's 72 ounce steak meal -- free if you can consume it all in under an hour -- our five tourists from Great Britain got some great Texas flavor.
Limos pulling up with longhorns on the hoods. Ten-gallon hats, lots of Old West color. The High Plains are in bloom with wildflowers, we're passing horses and cows and oil wells in the Panhandle. It clearly strikes them how flat wide open our spaces are.
Andrew Cockerell from Eastleigh, England told us last night that the first day of storm chasing had already "greatly exceeded my expectations." Hopefully, we can continue that trend with more dramatic storms today.
Rich