Winter Range, day 3

Warm up stages began the day at 8 AM.  The lack of wind made it seem warmer than yesterday, even though it was the same 41 degrees.  I shot the warm up stages well, just a Procedural because I can't tell right from left.  But I hit everything which is what I cared about the most.

This afternoon was the Plainsman side event.  One of my favorites.  We had two posses of 18 each.  Like last year I had volunteered to help run it with Chili Pepper Pete from Mich.  He is a pretty good guy, and one of the better Frontiersmen (my main match category).

This evening was the "Shooter's Appreciation" dinner, some great hamburgers & sausage with all the fixings.  Really good for a free dinner.

Check out the frilly yellow drawers

The Warbirds flyover

Carlene's day
Carlene went hiking with Cal
We went back to Lake Pleasant Regional Park to hike a couple new trails.  Lake Pleasant is a reservoir and is located 30 miles north of the Phoenix metropolitan area.  It is an ideal destination for camping, picnicking,  hiking,  mountain biking, swimming, water skiing, boating, and fishing.
The Yavapai Point Trail climbs to a high mountain top with beautiful views.  I enjoyed lunch on the comfortable bench  and had the top to ourselves for a short while. Part way down we switched to the Pipeline Canyon Trail to return to the trail head.

unusual looking saguaro

looking over at the Pipeline Canyon Trail

Yavapai Point Trail