We were there Thursday-Sunday.

Dang! You shoulda stopped by, Kyle! We were doing the "Departure
Party" every night, with several different (always donated) kinds of
beer. We usually had anywhere from 5 to 15 people, "grading" landings
and departures. It was great fun!

When we
got back to Homebuilt camping, the row of porta potties had blown over. I'd
hate to clean up that mess, but I'd hate it even worse if I'd been inside
one of 'em when it went over.

Three of the four porta-potties nearest our campsite in the North 40
were blown over by that storm today, too. My son was very nearly
inside one of them when the storm hit -- he just missed it by a minute
or two -- and they blew over ONTO THEIR DOORS.

Can you imagine what being trapped inside must be like, with all the
blue water and, um, stuff, flowing everywhere? God almighty. They
were smashed up pretty badly, too. (Do they *insure* porta-potties?)

Once things dried out, we broke camp, loaded the airplane, and headed south
where we saw some REALLY interesting weather. Just north of Aurora, I
deviated west to avoid some building convective activity. We went around a
rain shaft or two, and then I spotted a funnel cloud dropping from the base
of the convective stuff. It dropped 300-500' from the cloud base and
couldn't have been more than 3 miles away.

Wow! Not many people can say they've seen a tornado THAT close.
Pretty scary stuff.

I wonder what that would look like on a 496?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"