Sooo! It rained all day yesterday, all last night and most of the day today. If this is global warming I don't like it, I don't like it one bit.

The bright spot is next week is supposed to be a lot better with no rain and easing into the 70s by the middle of the week. I sure hope that's right because I've still got some outdoor stuff to do. Even though my rearview cameras are installed and working I still need to get up on the ladder and adjust them so they're looking just where I want them to.

The Cowboys haven't been getting much shooting done lately because of all the rain. I've got several of them camped around me and they haven't left their RVs today as far as I can tell. So I guess a lot of events had to be postponed.

                     theboondork

Well surprise surprise it rained all day today. It's getting so that raining a couple of days out of the week is getting to be normal. This is not the reason I spend my winters in southern Arizona.

I had been waiting all week anticipating the Confederate Air Force flyover of the Winter Range gathering. The Confederate Air Force has all kinds of cool World War II airplanes, bombers and fighters of all sorts and watching them fly over my campsite at Ben Avery was going to be the high point of my week, but unfortunately it appears the bombers and fighters were busy that afternoon because what we got was eight random airplanes that were so nondescript I couldn't identify a single one of them. Oh well, at least something flew over, I don't know what it was but it was loud and low and more interesting than watching TV.

The next most interesting thing to me will be Sunday morning when the mounted cowboy shooters ride into the arena. It's always fun watching them shoot at balloons while riding their horse as fast as possible. I guess you could say they're the most dedicated cowboy shooters because they not only have to have the authentic Western clothing and the proper guns and holsters, but they've got to keep and feed a horse, I don't know how you get more dedicated than that.

                  theboondork

It was a beautiful day today, a little chilly but beautiful nonetheless. I drove over to the trap range and watched a few cowboys shoot at clay pigeons. They weren't hitting a lot of them but they were handicapped by their antique shotguns.

I found out why some of the cowboys are dressed up in authentic looking Western costume, and shooting single action revolvers like you're supposed to, and others aren't. The cowboys and cowgirls that are dressed properly and carrying the correct firearms are members of the S.A.S.S. which is the Single Action Shooters Society. And the folks that are partially dressed up and are seen sporting a 1911 model 45 automatic are from other groups that don't have the strict adherence to the Western look rules that the S.A.S.S. has.

They say there's over a thousand contestants here from all over America and numerous countries, I guess in some places it's very unique to walk around wearing a gun and actually be able to shoot it in the desert, the woods, or at a gun range. So to be here participating in the Winter Range must be very special for some folks.

                 theboondork