The Stratford, Texas tornado of May 28, 2023 was a marvel to see, especially since it was my third tornado I witnessed that week. But as an intense line of thunderstorms merged with this storm and increased in speed, storm chasers and photographers were forced to scramble south to escape the intense line of wind and hail. However, as I was overtaken by the "whale's mouth" from the shelf cloud of the now outflow dominant storm, glorious light from the setting sun pierced this narrow cave of earth and cloud for a fleeting moment. It's the tension of being chased by the storm while experiencing these brief states of bliss that fuels my passion and expectation of the next surprise that awaits me on the long, lonely road of the high plains.