03-18-2019, 06:24 AM
Good morning all, gunna be a nice day this was, I kind of shudder when I see all the flooding and bad weather in other parts of the country. No doubt, this is why people come this way during the winter months, and high-tail it back home when it starts to get hot. Yeah, we do have snow up in northern Arizona, enough that the Snow Bowl up near Flagstaff is extending their skiing season. There have been years that they've shut down as early as January, but not this year.
Today, we're heading out into the desert for a bit of target shooting. It looks like one of our favorite spots is now open again. One of Bill Gate's companies bought thousands of acres to build a high tech utopian city and where we used to shoot got posted. A few weeks ago, we drove by and all the signs were down, so we're going back today. Just wondering if the sale fell through, or has he opened his heart to let shooters come back. Let's just hope that people clean up there before they leave, one of the main reasons that sites get posted is the trash some people leave behind. Sometimes groups of shooters organize cleanups, but they shouldn't have to if everyone took out what they brought in. We not only pick up all our targets, but also as much brass as we can. Enough lecturing, just that there's less and less clean land around us and it's upsetting to see piles of trash (and garbage) that people have left behind, or purposely dumped to save taking it to a landfill.
Tom, have a safe and fun-filled trip.
Today, we're heading out into the desert for a bit of target shooting. It looks like one of our favorite spots is now open again. One of Bill Gate's companies bought thousands of acres to build a high tech utopian city and where we used to shoot got posted. A few weeks ago, we drove by and all the signs were down, so we're going back today. Just wondering if the sale fell through, or has he opened his heart to let shooters come back. Let's just hope that people clean up there before they leave, one of the main reasons that sites get posted is the trash some people leave behind. Sometimes groups of shooters organize cleanups, but they shouldn't have to if everyone took out what they brought in. We not only pick up all our targets, but also as much brass as we can. Enough lecturing, just that there's less and less clean land around us and it's upsetting to see piles of trash (and garbage) that people have left behind, or purposely dumped to save taking it to a landfill.
Tom, have a safe and fun-filled trip.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD