The gathering has begun…
1981 miles and I made it, only to get stopped 10 miles short of here by a State Trooper, and honestly, he had me cold…
Luckily he was a nice guy, and knows Farm Girl, so I got a stiff warning (after we spent about 15 minutes talking guns and shooting)… It didn’t hurt that AeJim and he both knew people in common.
Since we were the first to roll in, Farm Dad and Farm Mom put us to work from the git go; prepping the brisket and pork butts for dinner, but since we were cutting we also had to taste test 🙂
DAYUM, that was some good brisket, pork, and ham and beans, and cornbread, and some mild salsa, and cheesecake brownies. By the time dinner rolled around, I was already full…
Farm Girl and Snarky got back first, closely followed by Christina LMT, Gay Cynic, Alan, the Atomic Nerds, and Breda. Christian and Gay Cynic won for the longest drive (20+ hours) so far. And the nerds brought beer, which naturally had to be taste tested!
We were all pretty tired, but everybody settled in the garage and the snark started flying. It was funny that at one point at least 6-7 people were in the chat while simultaneously talking in the real world, and pictures were being taken, and food being eaten, and Farm Gram was saying I have a perfectly good house in there… 🙂
More people will be arriving tomorrow, and today will be the horse riding for those who choose, a museum tour, and some of us get to go put the range together…
And to add insult to injury, we all just got banned from the Gun Blogger Chat as bots, since there were five of us signed on from the same IP addy at the hotel… Just lovely….
More later…
Sadly, the events at Ft. Hood are front and center on the news today- Please keep those folks in your thoughts and prayers.
No wonder Farmdad was busy getting ready for you guys to get there.. talked to him on IM the other day. Hope you guys had a great time.
Just down the road, from where your are, last year I was stopped by an Oklahoma Trooper. He let me go but pointed out I only had to drive 48 miles in Oklahoma on the way to Texas. Observing the speed limit, at least on the Oklahoma portion of US 287, shouldn’t be too burdensome! I could only agree. Stay safe.