Yesterdays Goings On

My sportsmans club is having a range field day today. It is a trial run of a new type of event to take the place of the old Turkey Shoots that all got cancelled last year because of Wuhan/Chi-Com Flu. Since this is the first run of a new event, it was not publicized so it is mostly club members and those who know by word of mouth. I will be working in the kitchen as what's known in the club as a "kitchen bitch" but I don't care what its called. Pheasant stew/soup, venison chili, and venison brats with pasta. Because I plan to participate and shoot as well, I wanted to make sure the two .22 pistols I plan on using have proper zero. I use a zero hold and set them both to 25 yards while on a rest. I then checked them again to see where they hit at the 10 yard competition mark. Boy do I need new glasses, but I knew that. On the rest I chewed up the target center real good. My real problem came trying to shoot off-hand which I haven't done in I don't know how many years. I severely injured my right shoulder in a fall on ice in 2014 and never got it fixed. The discomfort and tremors put my shots all over the target. Oh well, at least I know it ain't the gun.

The weather has been warmer than normal, and broke when a strong cold front swept the state late yesterday afternoon with heavy thunderstorms. As the front crossed my area, they intensified. The pea-sized hail that furiously came down was like salt from a giant salt shaker. It piled up on my deck and stayed there for a while after the storms passed because it got so cold. As the front marched east, my weather radio went off for tornado warnings for eastern Kommiecticut and Rhode Island. The National Weather Service will be in the state today to investigate reports of tornadoes and damage. We thankfully suffered no damage and never lost electricity.

Yesterday was the 40th Anniversary of our first date. I asked my wife out on a date last night to commemorate the anniversary. She was surprised and thought it was sweet of me to ask. We went to Bidwell's Tavern in Coventry, which is one of the places we would go when we were dating that is still around. It would be a shame if they were gone, since they opened in 1822. Anyway, instead of the wings they are known for, we opted for nice dinners. The wife had prime rib and I had their meatloaf. Delicious. We washed it down with beers, and topped it off with a shared piece of turtle cheescake. When we got home, we watched the "Jungle Cruise" movie on my daughter's Disney+ account.