June 4 Beginning of Tour

Hello everyone!  It has been a while since I last updated my blog, but I have some exciting stuff for this year's storm chasing adventures.  My first storm chasing trip of the season began June 4, and we met the guests at the base hotel in Denver.  This was a full tour which consisted of 13 guests and 3 staff.  After the safety orientation, our plan was to head as far north as we could in order to be in position for the next day.  We headed east on I-76 and took the exit for CO 55.  After heading north into Iliff, CO and drove west on US 138.  When we reached CO 113, we turned north and headed towards Sidney, NE.  The road turned into NE 19, and we followed it into Sidney.  For lunch, we stopped at Sam and Louie's Pizza and continued north after eating.  We took US 385 through Alliance and Chadron, NE and followed the road until we took US 18 north.  After a pit stop in Hermosa, SD, we headed into Rapid City, where we headed east on I-90 until we reached New Underwood, SD.  At that point, we headed north on New Underwood Road until we reached SD 34.  We continued east into Howes, SD, and we continued north on SD 73 until we reached our hotel in Lemmon, SD for the night.  Our total mileage was 584.