taking our time on the way home from the Shootist's Holiday

by Simply Rugged, Cortez Colorado, Saturday, June 16, 2012, 09:49 (4491 days ago)

Came over Wolf Creek Pass yesterday: fantastic! Very frustrating and sad to see all the forests full of overgrowth and beetle killed trees and watching the huge inferno north of us...all this death and destruction courtesy of the SIERRA CLUB and the spotted owl...
In Cortez yesterday, I found a LIB SS. 5.5" Virginian .22LR/mag... never seen one in person: very well made, affordable, plastic was flashed and a deal made...FFL will be faxed later today (Should have had a couple WITH ME!) Also spotted a Winchester 94 in .22 MAGNUM. In great shape lighter wood than most I have seen... 559.00 I may stop by on the way out... Have not seen a 94 in .22mag since 2004...
I ate dinner with Mic McPherson his family and Jim Wilkerson last night. Dropped off a Ferminated Marlin Mountie with Mic for some much needed work. This has been a most pleasant trip. Visited with so many friends, old & new, shot some guns (bringing fewer each year) Swapped and sold guns, visited Kit Carson's home...
headed to Mexican hat & Monument Valley and then home for dinner with friends and family. I really want to host a sixgunner gathering, in January, in Prescott, as soon as the big new public range is ready. 50-60 degree daytime temps cheap winter hotel rates etc.