Headed out with mom for a chase south. Slight risk, mostly unidirectional winds. Stopped to wait in Clear Lake, IA under a band of cu. Eventually the line fired right over the top of us. Ran through some hail up to 1.5″. Saw one lowering, no rotation. Saw a great rainbow over a windfarm, and almost hit a deer on the way home. All in all, not a bad first chase of the season. 400 miles.
Max and I saw smoke up to the NE of where we live on the way home tonight. Decided to do a detour to check it out. Very windy day, red flag warnings out to the west. The fire ended up being a little further than we expected. All the way up in the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area. By the time we got there the smoke was thinning out a little. Saw the police and reserves going door to door in the area just to the south of the park asking residents to keep an eye on the fire. Accidently got on the backside of the barracades, made a hasty exit to the south to get clear of the fire area.
Unfortunately we found out later that a fireman had been arrested for starting the fire by shooting fireworks into the ditch from his vehicle.
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Max competed at a Karate Tournament on Sunday. Won a couple of trophies and a ribbon.
Took the kids up to the Blaine Spring Egg Hung today. Very nicely organized with the different age groups each hunting for eggs on a different baseball field. Lisa stayed with Em while I hung out with Max.
Flooding at one of the many boat launches along the Mississippi River in Brooklyn Park MN.
