Holy mileage!
Since last Wednesday, I haven't sat down other than to sleep. And that is not hyperbole. It's been an adventure!
What am I blabbering about, and why was I gone from posting for almost two weeks? Well, my son competed in the Western Regional Clay Championships in Las Vegas, which is 1134 miles from my house. It's fairly easy to fly with a firearm in the US, but ammo is another story, and we had to take all of the team's ammo, so we had several thousand shotgun rounds to deal with, so, like last year, we drove.
Vegas is a 16 hour drive, so we usually split it over two days. The first day we aim to get south of the roads of chaos that is Salt Lake City, which we did, we made it to Springville, Utah and spent the night. The reason we do this is so we can get to the range early the following day so that the kids can get in a few practice rounds before competition begins on Friday.
On the way I got to see several road trip delights such as three million freshly calved baby cows in Montana, the best, authentic Indian chai tea was partaken of in a random truck stop in the high country of Montana, and I spied a billboard for bacon bomb vending machines in Utah. I mean, what is that? I was so intrigued, but really, Utah, the land of trendy consumption and entertaining diversions never disappoints.
Our shoot was at the Clark County Shooting Complex, which is a five star shooting range. It's easy to see why, the range is set up against the mountains north of Las Vegas, and it is just such a glorious facility.
After three days of shooting competition, surprise visits from friends and family, one hotel moving due to a bit of chaos, and two more days driving home, let's just say I am a bit thrashed. In fact, it feels weird to just sit here and type a post, it's felt strange not checking in every other day or so.
But, I have a TON of stuff to share with you all, which I will start doing tomorrow. Today, I have to play catchup. I have so much laundry to do, a house to put back together, and some ranunculus plants that HAVE to be transplanted.
I will say though, that my son took 3rd and medaled in Trap, out of 122 competitors from across the country. We are so proud of him!
It was a good trip:)
And also, big shoutout to
@bradleyarrow for hopping on Discord and inquiring if I was still kicking. Love ya Professor B!
*And as most of the time, all of the images in this post were taken on the author's very well-traveled iPhone.*
