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5 November 2008 0 Comments

11/5/08 – Sedan, KS – Sky Of Orange!

TARGET:  Wichita, KS
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Sedan, KS
MILES DRIVEN: 836   GPG: $2.17
CHASE VEHICLE: SG1   MPG: 35
IN THE CAR: Scott
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: Randy Cooper, Jesse Riley, Mike Brady, Chris Rice
This was a fun trip although did not really turn up much.
I should write in the blog when it happens and not a month later!
Basically I headed out with [...]

27 August 2008 0 Comments

8/27/08 – Sioux City, IA – Bad Burrito

TARGET:  Topeka, KS
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Sioux City, IA
MILES DRIVEN: 238   GPG: $3.36
CHASE VEHICLE: SG1   MPG: 31
IN THE CAR: Scott
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: Nobody
Ok everytime I go to chase until next spring please say “Scott the season is over, put $40 in the bank instead”
There was nothing, NOTHING… until I got home, this is the radar image [...]

27 July 2008 1 Comment

7/27/08 – Sioux City, IA – Blue Sky

TARGET:  Sioux City, IA
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Sioux City, IA
MILES DRIVEN: 185
CHASE VEHICLE: SG1   MPG: 37
IN THE CAR: Scott, JT
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: Andy Gabrielson & Kory Hartman
Talk about a bust, the only good thing about this chase was meeting up with Andy and Kory for an awful meal at Wendy’s in Sioux City.    I did not even remember [...]

21 July 2008 0 Comments

7/21/08 – St Joseph, MO – Blue Sky

TARGET:  St Joseph, MO
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Hamburg, IA
MILES DRIVEN: 207
CHASE VEHICLE: SG1   MPG: 32
IN THE CAR: Scott, Solberg
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: Andy Gabrielson  (Via Phone)
Well another bust we left after work from Council Bluffs and after waiting for something to develop we headed south.   I picked up a webcam at Best Buy to attempt our first [...]

20 July 2008 0 Comments

7/20/08 – Storm Lake, IA – Blue Sky

TARGET:  Storm Lake, IA
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Storm Lake, IA
MILES DRIVEN: 236
CHASE VEHICLE: SG1   MPG: 34
IN THE CAR: Scott, Paige
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: None
Showing my lack of any experience Paige and I headed out to Storm Lake, IA.
The area got pounded later in the night but for my first long distance chase it was a learning experience and [...]

17 July 2008 0 Comments

7/17/07 – Bellevue, NE – Severe Thunderstorm

TARGET: Lyons, NE
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Bellevue, NE
MILES DRIVEN: 107
CHASE VEHICLE: SG1   MPG: 26
IN THE CAR: Scott
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: None
My first real chase started with a target of Lyons, NE as I got to Elkhorn, NE things started taking shape in Omaha.
I decided to head to Glenwood, IA and get in front of it, traffic was really [...]

27 June 2008 0 Comments

6/27/08 – Elkhorn, NE – Straight Line Winds

TARGET:  None, I was at home
AUCTUAL LOCATION: Home
MILES DRIVEN: About 15
CHASE VEHICLE: Justin’s Roller Skate
IN THE CAR: Scott
CHASERS WE RAN INTO: None
Not a real chase since I was home selling my motorcycle (Wished the guy would just leave!) but I got some interesting pics from my house between Gretna and Elkhorn.
The storm caused one heck [...]