Chase Vacations...when is yours?

[Mike Mezeul II]

Hey everyone,

I don't think there is already a topic for this, if so, im sorry mods. Anyways, I was just curious to see when everyone has their chase vacations planned out? I've got mine set for May 16-30 ( a lil graduation gift to myself :wink: ). Hopefully things will get going by then! Hope to see you guys out there! If you guys see my "nerd mobile" on the side of the road (all the way off the road i may add :lol: ) feel free to stop by! I'm always up for meeting new chasers and talking with anyone! Take care and happy chasing!

[Todd Beal]

May 8th-22nd

Hope I picked a good two week period.

[Ben Prusia]

I don't have one, I just go when conditions warrant :)

Finals week is coming, but anytime after and before is fair game for a "chase vacation"

[Bill Hamilton]

I don't have one, I just go when conditions warrant :)

Same thing here. Living in Oklahoma helps except when things fire up in Nebraska.

[Todd Beal]

I don't have one, I just go when conditions warrant :)

Some of us dont have the luxury of living in the Plains. I live in TN and MS :cry:

[Tony Laubach]

May 10 - June 1 official vacation...

Between June 1 and August (whenever school starts again), I have Sunday-Wednesday of every week off, so mini-vacations for a couple months! :D

[Aaron Kennedy]

Jan 1 - Dec 31 with random days occupied in there ;)

Aaron

[Joe Zemek]

May 28 thru June 4. Chasing storms, dodging MemDay drunks.

[brody_clifton]

May 29 - June 1. May 27/28 and June 2/3 will be spent driving to/from eastern North Carolina.

[nickgrillo]

I'm on mine right now, and have been for the past week. It will last another two weeks, as I leave for home around the 17th or so...

[Dan Cook]

Anytime after May 12th.

[David Wolfson]

May 15th to 26th. It looks like the models are slowly and grudgingly giving up on a big, blocking AC in the Plains, but that could really suck Big Time if it verified. :(

[Jason Boggs]

My vacation is the whole month of May. May started out with a bang (well, really a dud) here in Amarillo. 5 inches of snow on May 2nd...sheesshhh :cry:

[Blake Michaleski]

8 may - 18 may

[Chris Hayes]

We leave on friday the 13th of may :shock: I have the weeks of May 16, 23, and 30th off, so roughly 2 weeks of chasing available. I'm praying for a May 22, 24, 29 in there somewhere :lol:

[Joe Nield]

We leave May 20th, return May 30th. Hope no one had any hopes of seeing anything during that time.

[Jeff Gammons]

May 10 - June 1st. I have to return to Florida for June 2nd for a Hurricane program then I might return to the Plains for a mid June go at it for maybe a week.

Jeff Gammons

[Kelley Austin]

My Daughter and I will be prowling the plains May 21st thru the 28th. I hope there is a repete from last year about that time :)

[John Erwin]

May 21st to 28th for the plains.

[B Ozanne]

May 5th-10th. Flying to Dallas and hoping we get lucky in that small window of time.

[Amos Magliocco]

Mine starts in about two hours. Always the best day of the year, better than Christmas.

Don't know how long I'll be out, until I run out of money or learn when I have to move per some new job (hopefully).

[Mike Johnston]

Every day is potential chase vacation day for me. I day trade stocks for a living from home, live in the KC area, the market closes at 3:00pm and I can always put on orders and leave early if necessary. I have backup locations I can stay with family overnight in Wichita and also Pittsburg, KS if the chase takes me too far afield, but I won't go so far as to have to stay in a hotel overnight.

[Douglas Mitchell]

May 9th till my finances are exhausted. Probably week and a half to two weeks.

[Mike Hollingshead]

Now(since March of 2004) till I run out of ways to pay for rent or gas.

[Robert Dewey]

Every day is potential chase vacation day for me. I day trade stocks for a living from home, live in the KC area, the market closes at 3:00pm and I can always put on orders and leave early if necessary. I have backup locations I can stay with family overnight in Wichita and also Pittsburg, KS if the chase takes me too far afield, but I won't go so far as to have to stay in a hotel overnight.

Interesting... I was looking into day trading, but I couldn't even survive paper trading/virtual trading. I would "buy" a stock that looked like it was going up, then it would tank, only to rise after I got out. Way too much stress... :cry:

Right now, I have a few people in my neighborhood who want to buy a "car computer" from me, so I will be making ~$500 on each of those... It would be sweet if I could get something like this rolling, and then advertise or whatever, or have products in Crutchfield magazine. If I could sell 1000 of those things across the nation, that's ~$500K :shock:

Given that, I don't really have a "chase vacation"... I just go when things look really good. I usually don't venture much past IL or IN, but hopefully that can change in the future if I start making more money...

[Doren Berge]

May 18 to June 10ish. Giving myself a 3+ week window this year.

I come out from Boston MA. It's a long way to go for a bust. I start pacing around the house in April. Man I'm already sweating the models... Usual pre-chase butterflies. I'm so ready though. Can't wait.

db

[Jeff Lawson]

Since I'm currently unemployed, I'm free to chase pretty much every day. On the other hand, since I'm currently unemployed, I can't exactly afford to chase pretty much every day.

So, I'll be sticking with close targets and the best setups. If I can swing it, I might set aside a week in late May or early June to vacation. Thankfully, having an open schedule allows me to pick a week in which the weather appears likely to cooperate.

Of course, if I snag a decent job in the interim and have to pack my bags and move to Washington D.C., or something...well, that's that.

[Mikel Shively]

Mine is anytime that I am not in school or at work 8)

[Mikey Gribble]

Mine started in March, but it stops on May 14th and starts again on the 15th. I live in Wichita and I am a full time student so I can get out chasing any time. I am graduating in a couple weeks and I am going to use graduation money to fund chasing full time this year. I will probably get a job at the end of August, but until then, I am on vacation.

[John Gnuechtel]

My trip this year is gonna run from June 6-24. It's a little late in the season, but I'd like to see what it's like to chase on the Plains during that month.

[Jason_Politte]

My trip this year is gonna run from June 6-24. It's a little late in the season, but I'd like to see what it's like to chase on the Plains during that month.

I think you'll enjoy your June chases - best overall chase month of the year IMO. :D My vacation will be from June 11 - 26.

Jason

[Terry Kollmeyer]

Mine is May 21 - 29, assuming current patterns change. Need to save 2nd week of vacation to take family to Disney World June 24 - July 2nd.

I'll venture out before then for a day or two if an outbreak looks imminent :D . I haul a lowboy for construction company, and this is our busy season so it's hard to get time off this time of year.

[Mike Kruze]

May 20-30 with a few days for traveling at either end. Those days worked pretty well last year...

[JHadorn]

June 1 - 9, but I just applied for a promotion at work. If I get the promotion then my days off are changed, and that will play havock with my pre-approved vacation.

[cdcollura]

Mine is set for May 13 through May 30, Jeff Gammons will be driving out May 10 and returning June 1 (from FL). I will fly to DFW to meet up.

[Brad Emel]

May 20th through June 1st.

[APritchard]

Well...my May is gross with graduation at the end of the month...but I'll try and venture out from May 30th through June sometime. Whenever the pattern goes bad...if, theres a good one to start with even.

[Khristian Snyder]

Well I am hoping to see some good storms in central Oregon during July while i visit my mom for a month. After that..i am planing a little trip with my dad to go to Arizona in August to practice my lightning photography.

[Pedro C. Fernández]

Well... In Spain we are waiting for the storms season that will begin soon in the late may. Then, any place inland Iberia would be a good place for chasing. Nevertheless, the best places are located in the SE of Aragón Region and the SE of Iberia in general. Both good places for the supercell development.

In the first case (SE of Aragon), two supercells took place in the same town (called Alcañiz) in 2003 summer. The first generated an F3 tornado; the second, large size hail that destroyed all roofs in that town. The one ocurred in July and the second in August (atention: less than 1 month between them :shock: )

In this way, I am living in a quite good place for chasing. So I hope to share with you good reports next summer :lol:

[Todd Beal]

Chase vacation starts right now. I am heading to OKC as of now.

[bill mudd]

May 18th through ???? whatever it takes to land the big one - retired and camping in Colby, Kansas....hopefully it'lll find me cause Im a lazy chaser!!!