Well, turns out I did get a shot or two worth posting.

The bolts are hitting the Growler Mountains in Cabeza Prieta NWR. I was to the east, on a hill in Organ Pipe National Monument.

I'll post the others pics on my blog with a short story about the evening later.
Edit: here's the blog post link:
https://www.mikaljakubal.com/october-surprise/

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Well, I waited around and eventually some new cells popped up but they weren't in line of view so I ran around the hill and put one camera over there and then I could see on the radar that there were bolts happening behind the hill I was on so I hiked to the top of it in my flip-flops trying not to step on cactus or stub my toe on the loose rocks and got some great shots on top but stayed too long and almost got overrun by the next storm so I ran down in the dark holding the camera and tripod and using only my cell phone light to avoid stepping on the big rattlesnake that I almost stepped on then I got to the truck, ran around the mountain to grab the other camera and got back to the truck moments before the massive deluge started with bolts slamming real close.

Whew. 😂⚡️⚡️⚡️

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It's ON!

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