My Wyoming Road Trip, May 2007

[Hanzerik]

Hanzerik: If you live near there, then you know I wasn't kidding about an long row of tractor trailer containers being blown right off of about 20 flatbed rail cars. I was pretty amazed. This was just on the way into Cheyenne, off of 25.

Nope didn't see it. I was on duty out in Nebraska. But I have seen so many trucks, fences, trees, etc , etc blown over its not a big deal anymore. Just another thing you have to deal with if you decide to make Wyoming your home. Its not for everybody.

Joey, I should have sent you a PM to see if you wanted to go shooting. Had a nice day out with my youngest shooting the AR and XD. Banged up fingers and all. Kid was about to fold the bi-pod up and stick the rifle in the case...I told him no, it's still too hot. He didn't believe me so I had him touch the barrel...he won't do that again.

Some PICs (Tan) and MOVIES from today.

 

[Joey]

Have yet to make it out to where ya shoot & check things out along with making a target stand of some kind.

Don't have any scoped AR's & I really need to sight in the EoTech & the other one has a 4moa holo sight on it. Have a Ceiner 22 adapter on order from Brownells & that's going to make it easier to shoot Been thinking about going down to Rocky Mountain Shooters Supply in Ft Collins N actually sighting in the 229 & 329.

Spent the day cleaning & buying B-Day stuff & once the rain blows over it's about time to throw a couple T bones on the grill

 

[sacp81170a]

I was on duty out in Nebraska.

Hanzerik and Joey:

I used to work the sites out in what was the 320th and 321st, Fox, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, and Oscar. We were the 89th MSS then and I worked Flights 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 over the course of my time at F.E. I have no idea how it's organized now since SAC went away and was replaced by the Space Command. I worked my way up to assistant Flight Chief, and I know exactly what you're talkin' about trying to get the kids to clean up and pick up the trash. Had some good and not so good times out there...

(Nukes have permanently thrown my ideas of firepower out of kilter. Sometimes I wish we had another Curtis LeMay in the Pentagon. It'd make the T's a little bit more afraid of us.)

 

[RancidSumo]

I was trying to find a diferent thread but found this one instead and couldn't resist. You were about 30min away from my grandparents house when you stayed in Worland. They live outside of Ten Sleep and have enough land that if I want, I have at least a 1000yd shooting range at their house. The wind really does suck though, where I live the wind blew the trees out of the ground and onto the railroad tracks. I am not talking little trees either. I guess I didn't realize how many people on here are from Wyoming.

 

[Tokugawa]

My wife and I just got back from a 2800 mile motorcycle trip through WA, ID, MT and Wyoming. We camped at a little general store/RV park along the Clarks Fork river, on the Chief Joesph highway, and took a bunch of day rides around the area. What lovely country!

We are looking for a place to relocate and run a small biz ( we manufacture and ship custom wood products, and do not need a local market.) Seems the local real estate market is a bit topsy -turvy- A small home in Cody is real reasonable, some of the commercial/industrial land is dirt cheap, and the range land with a view is big big money, apparently the folk who grew up watching "Rawhide" on TV in LA have retired and want a trophy ranch of their own. Funny, I see a lot of them up for sale with a new home on them, apparently people get a new perspective after a few months of snow.

One thing I really loved about Montana and Wyoming was that every little town seemed to be having a raffle to benefit the Senior Center or the Sportsman Assn. or Historical society, etc. - And the first prize was always a rifle of some sort!

Great thread, I love hearing about Wyoming from the residents!