Tornado Alley - Birthday Tornadoes in Cope, Colorado

When I booked this trip, the only thing I kept wishing for was to see a tornado on my birthday.

Well.. I can honestly say that this was probably my best birthday ever. We saw 5 tornadoes (that was the agreed upon final number) and we enjoyed a well earned steak dinner. The restaurant was packed with chasers. I had a margarita that I could barely finish (seriously, do Americans even measure drinks or is it all free-pour? 😂). 

Those tornadoes happened so fast. The whole thing was over in about 40 minutes. That cell popped up and it was wham, bam, thank you ma'am. It got the job done and was out of there.

The only bummer is that I feel myself coming down with a cold. Probably from the lack of sleep and stress leading up to the trip. This happened in 2015 as well.

I *really* want to go though my photos and videos and update my blog but we're meeting at 9am (it's just past midnight) so I have to sleep if I'm to fight off this cold. Tomorrow is another chase day.

Here is video of that day.