Every Tour Is Two Weeks Too Long.

First, a correction. In the post, "Little Big Shoot", I got Maddi's rap name wrong. He informs me it's actually "M.C. Madwell Phresh" Please make a note.

And second, an apology. Sorry to Jade and Carla that I've been lacking on the posts. I've not really been sick, and not really been lazy. It's been mostly unmotivated.

Which brings us to the title of today's blog. Our rigger Willy has been saying, "Every tour is two weeks to long. Even a two week tour is two weeks to long." And he's right. For some reason, everyone's body has been breaking down in the last two weeks of this tour. We are done with this on May 6th and I'll be back in L.A. on the 7th for a brief 4 days. But ever since we left Duluth MN last Tuesday night, lots of people have been shutting down. I've been on the verge of sick for a few days, Mel our crew chief threw out his back in Duluth and has no idea how he did it. M.C. Madwell Phresh tells me today that he's getting sick. People are grumpy and everyone just wants to take a nap in the afternoon. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's not coming quick enough. Including today, we've got 6 shows left. So close, but so far.

We do have one more shooting day before the end. We have two days off in State College PA, and we'll be shooting on the second day. Since my last post, we did go shooting in Louisville KY. Well, we were really in Southern Indiana, at a place called Indian Creek Shooting Sports. Mel didn't go because of his back, and M.C. Madwell Phresh, chose to take the zeros on his score card so he could rest one day. So we had openings and invited Jason (Who's rapper name will now be "Lil Redneck") and my friend Tabitha. Although Tabitha's father collects guns, she's not shot one since she was 12. So like Samantha at the last shoot, we got her a 20 gauge shotgun.

When we checked in at the club house, the nice lady there got out the 2o gauge shot gun and said to Tabitha, "This is a good gun, my 11 year old granddaughter shot a turkey with it on Sunday". Good times.

Again it was a nice course. Lots of varied terrain and challenging presentations. We had a trapper with us, Teresa. It's been a while since we've had one of those. We shot a practice round of 25 on the trap field they had before heading out onto the Sporting Clays course with Teresa. Here's some pictures:

After bragging about it, here he is in all his glory, just for Jade, "Lil Redneck" shooting a station over a pond. This was a good challenge because the first clay came from left to right above the trees and then the second went away over the pond and over the trees. Tough first shot.

Power poles again?!? Yep. The clays weren't really near them, they actually went down and away into the ravine ahead of the pole. Still strange to see them on the course. But I guess the land is cheap, and no one would really want to live under a power line.
Here's a nice shot of Tabitha at the same power line station with Teresa in the background trapping for us. It was interesting because there was a mix of auto launchers and manual launchers at each station. Sometimes we would push the button while Teresa was way back in the woods with a manual launcher.

I must commend Jason on his fine photography. I look goooooood. Look at that form! So sexy with the matching hat and vest.


My beautiful darling, my wife, my Nicole, I WANT THIS GUN. Can I buy one? Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please? I won't ask for anything else! I promise!

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