We started Monday in Tulsa Oklahoma, with the main objective for the day being to relocate to the West for storms on Tuesday. As it turned out there was some potential for activity around Dallas so we were off for our 3rd chase of the trip.

First stop was Paris Texas, the second best Paris I have visited.

After lunch, we headed to a nearby nature preserve to wait for the storms to pop up on radar. One of the things I enjoy about this hobby is the way it takes you to places you’d never have a reason to visit otherwise. The nature preserve was a lovely little oasis.

One of the things I enjoy most when on these trips is the excuse to travel to places you’d otherwise never have a reason to visit. After  a leisurely hour in nature, the anvil from a storm developing over Dallas moved overhead and we were on our way.

This part of Texas makes for very challenging chase territory with lots of trees and few places to get a view of the interesting part of the storm.

With limited options for a view and not wanting to get into the precipitation we spent a large part of the day skirting around both towns and the storm.

With sunset that was the end of day 3, we didn’t expect much from Monday’s storms, so everything we got was a bonus, even if the territory was little frustrating!