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I was in the Twin Cities to visit my mother and grandmother on Mom's Day. The weather cooperated nicely (from a chaser's point of view): Hanging out in northern burbs of Minneapolis and watching the towers go up fast. After a few hours with the folks in Coon Rapids I told them I was off to chase. I cruised up U.S. Hwy 10 driving solo as the words "come to papa" were running through my head. I had to get back to Delano and it was either intercept the Elk River storm or the cell moving out of Litchfield while on the way back. I watched the cells light up fast and particularly liked the slow moving rougue cell in Wright/Sherburn Co. I took the 101 exit, pulled off in Otsego, and watched some good stuff: An excellent shelf cloud, wall cloud, several gustnado spin-ups, plenty of green sky, and what looked like a tornado touchdown. There was plenty of "greenage" that I tried hard to avoid given some 65+ dBZ echoes. I criss-crossed my way back to the in-laws but I had to allow the storm to overtake me in Medina. I probably should have been seeking shelter as things got wild. In a matter of seconds I watched a massive amount of soil from a farmers field that was partially wet get picked up and head my way. Visibility briefly dropped to zero. A spooky moment in my chase career. I wish I had some video to capture the moment. Probably a microbust. Also, the back side of this storm offered the most spectacular mammatus display I've seen in some time.