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Photos of my logbook entries for the day:
Tag: Lubbock
29 April 2012 – PRELIMINARY
Preliminary summary:
Travel: 509 miles
Summary: TOR-warned storm with 3-inch hail, 2-mile long hail drifts S. of Lubbock.
Our tornado-warned storm (with our location at the blue circles)
I’m holding 3-inch hail ‘grenade’
Alberto poses with 3-inch hail
21 April 2012 – DAY 1 – Positioning Day (Arlington,TX-Lubbock,TX)
0700 – Check email; pack
0800 – Return rental car
1000 – Return to hotel via courtesy shuttle; breakfast
Saw Bill, Rob, and Martin talking business
1100 – Introduction and greetings. I soon acquire two new
jobs: MiFi diagnostic technician and [informal]
translater for our guests from Portugal and Spain.
I am reminded of my small Spanish vocabulary. Still,
we become fast friends and manage to communicate.
1200 – We depart for the Texas Panhandle, to position our
group for slim chance to see storms tomorrow.
1600 – stop at Albany, TX; we watch the last30 minutes of a local classic car competition
1630-1700 – we stroll around town and photos of its 1883 courthouse and other local attractions.
1730 – we stop at the Beehive Saloon for root beers and a dinner of standard Texas fare.
???? – we head west toward Lubbock.
???? – We stop to photograph the first of many wonderful
western sunsets
???? – We arrive at the Days Inn, Lubbock, TX
Travel: 331 miles