2016 Bayou Round Up Coverage Pt. 1 Brought To You By Speedway Motors

Event Coverage
Written By Royboy

Oct. 8th, 2016

Lafayette, LA

The 2016 Bayou Roundup was my first trip to Louisiana since I was a small child and rode with my grandparents on a trip to deliver a giant tire to a farm. The tire was one like a monster truck uses, we delivered it to some farm land that was made from a drained swamp. All I really remembered about Louisiana from that trip was driving on an interstate and looking out into the swamps below, knowing that they had alligators in them. I'm not sure if I was excited or terrified back then but that's what I had in my mind when I decided to return to Louisiana for the 2nd Annual Bayou Round Up. I didn't see any real swamps or alligators this trip. Booooooo.

The story for this trip starts on Thursday afternoon, I planned on leaving right after work so I drove the Galaxie to the office. It turned into an exciting afternoon, read the captions below to get more of the details.

More of the story tomorrow.

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Thursday afternoon, the clouds were building up. Around 4pm a small storm popped up producing a tornado a few miles from my day job. and Some smaller than dime sized hail. The tornado destroyed a relative After the tornado we lost power at the office so I was let go early. I planned a route around the storms, but they were huge. Tall thunderheads I had to try to get between two storms. It got a bit dark. The next morning outside of Joplin at Ryno Built. The 62 Metro Van had been fighting him all week. Brand new parts should not be failing. It is a pretty killer looking machine though. Fast forward to Saturday 600+ miles from Joplin now in Lafayette, LA waiting in line to get into the Bayou Round Up Fast forward to Saturday 600+ miles from Joplin now in Lafayette, LA waiting in line to get into the Bayou Round Up.

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