{"id":23743,"date":"2019-06-12T22:19:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T06:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=23743"},"modified":"2019-10-10T21:43:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T05:43:10","slug":"june-12-2019-black-mesa-nature-jaunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2019\/06\/12\/june-12-2019-black-mesa-nature-jaunt\/","title":{"rendered":"June 12, 2019 Black Mesa Nature Jaunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start: \u00a0Woodward, OK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lunch: \u00a0Guymon\/Vallarta Mexican\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

End: \u00a0Clayton, NM<\/strong><\/p>\n

318 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entry for the day<\/a> by TT guest L. Ryan<\/p>\n

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The weather pattern continued to be poorer-than-normal for mid-June, and we had another down day to endure. \u00a0Thunderstorms looked likely the following day around the western Oklahoma Panhandle, so on this day I decided to take a Sunday drive to Kenton, the Black Mesa area, and the pretty gravel road stretch (Hwy 456) along the Cimarron River in northeastern New Mexico. \u00a0I wanted to see how good unpaved State Hwy 370 was to Clayton, and it was excellent! \u00a0We found a nice abandoned house on the flatlands north of Clayton here. \u00a0An isolated thunderstorm went up well to our west after sunset, after we had checked in at Clayton. \u00a0The storm was a dud, with just a few lightning flashes.<\/p>\n

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