Thanks Joanie, it is sometimes difficult to do the same things I use to do. So many things remind me of Donna but I must move on with my life. Shooting is one of the things that is the hardest.
After Donna passed away I found myself invited to neighborhood dinner parties and somehow Miss Evelyn was always seated next to me. She lives ten minutes away on foot but I had only met her a of couple times. She is a hair dresser and also cuts a few men's hair. She now cuts mine.
During the winter and spring when I was in her chair we talked about hiking and mountaineering. She is an avide hiker but had never done any mountaineering. We started hiking together and even did some Class Four climbing. Then one day I asked her to dinner and the rest is history. All the neighbors and her three beautiful daughters approve of us dating.
I recently bought a new Subaru Outback and Raindrop (upper case because it's the model name) trailer which I will be picking up late next week in WI. We plan on driving highway 101 down the Oregon coast and camping in January and I've made reservations at Washington State Parks for next summer. I really miss hitting the road in my last teardrop trailer. It is now up on building blocks under an open shed in the back yard. Great place to take an afternoon summer nap.
The old trailer was about the cheapest one sold back in 2007 and the new one is about the most expensive one being built today. I ordered it with every option except a TV. I paid $4,500 for the old one and about eight times that for the new one. The trailers are numbered like Airstreams and my number is 931. I'm having t-shirts and hoodies made that reads 931 Captain/dishwasher and 931 Navigator/chef. I get to be the Caption.
Back to the thread subject; we plan on shooting more and I'll be setting up a CZ Youth rifle for her. She hasn't shot much but her father was a Drill Instructor in the Army so she was always around firearms. I think she is a natural for it and seems to understand trigger control, breathing and heartbeat. Sight picture and a cheek weld is the hardest thing for her to repeat.
I think this thread is the one that takes me from Range Reporter: Six Shooter to Henry Repeater.
