Upcoming Weekend

Leaving early tomorrow morning for a weekend at Rendezvous.

Pierre Bulbona Rendezvous. Within spittin' distance of the site of his original trading post in Bureau County. This will be one hell of a shooting event. I will probably end up shooting at least 3 gun matches (rifle, smoothbore, and palisades), plus archery. The range is all down hill and can be pretty tricky. The palisades match, at least in the past, is shot in pairs and is a timed event. Ten minutes to shoot as many targets as possible. Including some that pop up for only 5-10 seconds. Wil and I have shot it the last two years. The first year we though we did pretty well but actually ended up sixth. Last year we ended up 2nd by only one target. Tootsie Pops. But they didn't come up as a shootable target until about 8 minutes into to the match. Wil and I were both shooting smoothbores and by that time, the barrels were so hot you couldn't touch them and when you tried to aim- the heat was causing so much distortion that you couldn't see the tootsie pop.

This year we are going to win.

Other than the matches, this will be a weekend to relax. Some music. Good amounts of alcohol. I spent $140 at Friar Tuck's earlier this week. 5 Bottles of Dragon's Milk, 7 cans each of Muphy's Stout, Belhaven Scottish Ale, and Bemish Irish Stout. Plus a HANDLE of Captain Morgan's Private Stock Spiced Rum. And I will probably have an extra case of beer in reserve.



Back Monday. Will post some new music and maybe pictures.