More on the extent of Boomershoot prep in a bit, but the good things are:
1) The two-position canopy arrived in the nick of time;
2) I got both Weatherby CFPs, the Bower Encore .223, and the non-Bower Encore .308 sighted in yesterday.
The bad things are:
1) Phil’s gunsmith’s gonna have to work on the OTHER forend hanger bar screw while I’m away at Boomershoot;
2) The Bower Contender .223 is temperamental; the two 7-30 Waters pistols are not zeroed; and I didn’t get a chance to sight in the Dominators.
3) The canopy legs are about two inches too long for my pickup bed. We’ll be headin’ north on I-5 with the truck cap rear window a-flappin’ in the wind.
I’m picking up Derek at 4:30 am tomorrow; with a 5 am departure and an hour or so for meals and rest stops, we should be at Phil’s by 7:00 or 7:30 pm. This schedule should, I hope, allow us to miss the commute traffic in Portland, and more importantly will let Phil have his sleep.
Re: missing the Portland commute traffic: you will hit it at it’s worst, backing down from your Tacoma arrival.
Portland’s commute traffic starts at 3pm, stays nasty until at least 6pm. For your route, I recommend bypassing the downtown area by taking I-205 from Wilsonville, OR all the way to Salmon Creek, WA, it’s full length.
I’m going to have to miss the Blogger Day, alas. All of you will scoop me. My last Aunt just died, and the funeral is Thursday afternoon, so I probably won’t get in to Boomershoot until mid-afternoon Friday, hopefully in time to catch some Field Fire.
Tried putting that canopy in diagonally? Maybe putting it in through the rear slider (if you have one), although that could present a CO hazard.
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