Phoenix 6, Wild Bunch & Carlene's hike

Andy's day:
This was the second day of Wild Bunch match.  I had a much better day, many fewer misses, it was finally coming together.  We also had a very good posse.  Everyone worked well together on the tasks that make the group work.

After shooting I had a bit of ice cream form the 3 Chicks Ice Cream vendor.  They have been here every year but it has often been too cold to enjoy that.  They have an awesome assortment of flavors and very good ice cream.  Then back to the camper where Cal was waiting for someone to come home.  He wanted to go for a walk so we went back to the vendor area and toured the whole area.  He got to meet several new friends.

Shortly after that Carlene came home.  I rearranged my cart with the different gear I'll need tomorrow.  We will be shooting Cowboy Action in a warm up event in the morning and another side event in the afternoon.  Going to be another busy day.


Carlene's day:

Today I decided to hike Daisy Mountain which was only an 18 minute drive to get to the trail head. The trail begins on the edge of a residential neighborhood of beautiful homes.  I soon leave all that behind as the first mile and a half is quite flat and easy to follow. Once I reach a small saddle, the climb becomes much steeper with some loose rock.  When I reached the summit, I found a very large pile of rocks that I declared must be the top even though a path went on to a second bump that appeared higher.  I consulted my Topo Maps + app to see if my exact location was on Daisy Mountain and I was right where I wanted to be.  It was a splendid six mile hike with great views.  Callahan stayed back in the cool camper to sleep.



Andy's pictures (followed by Carlene's pictures):

Whirlwind Wendy

Posse 4

Tex 

Fort Sinclair

Capt. Gorge Baylor

Miss Chevious

Half-A-Hand Henri

Matchlock

The theme of Winter Range is the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.  This stage is actually 2 stages with trains meeting from opposite directions, with a golden spike at the midpoint
I put these pictures in mostly so Ol' Beaver Tooth can have some train envy.

Molly McGoo

Tex and LAwless Lil

Carlene's pictures:

poppies 

looking back at the residential area

the climb still lies ahead

stead trail climbing

my trekking poles on Daisy Mt.

Daisy Mt. 

Last look at where I had been