MINI MoBlog

Day 3 Part 2: More Thunderstorms!

Backdated Friday, May 26th, 2006

So we finally headed up and out of the Mount Rushmore area and stopped off in Deadwood (yes, "the" Deadwood) for a little country cookin' at a local bar/grill/casino. I had some steak and potatoes stroganoff - not the best, but not bad either.

The sun was starting to set but we still wanted to make it to Devil's Tower, so we hopped back in the MINI and sped off towards Wyoming. We could see rainstorms / thunderstorms off in the distance...

It was about 15 miles past the Wyoming border that we hit that magical number...
The time had come... the break-in complete... the wait over...

It was *SO* tempting to just let it rip 100%, but I was gentle with her and continued the rev up and down procedure, but now I was venturing into 6000 rpm land... WOW.

And the sky grew darker and darker with the sun setting and the thunderstorm nearing. Devil's Tower was nowhere in site, but we knew it was close!

We found the turn-off and kept going. By now it was almost completely dark and the thunderstorm was almost directly ahead - right over where the road was taking us! It was a crazy drive through random rain showers and dodging Bambi and all 72 of his relatives.

We finally got close enough to see it - looming over the twilight horizon. We pulled off and took a few shots. The view was so amazing... unfortunately none of the shots I took could capture the flashing lightning in the background. It was pretty spectacular. It was around this time that the name "Thor" really started to ring true - at least according to my co-pilot...

posted by o-ron @ 11:30 PM