We left at 9 am as planned and made our way down I-75 towards Ohio. There was some construction but no actual stopping. We were heading to a TA station in Monroe where our TSD price was $4.74 vs. the posted price of $5.99! 0ur biggest savings ever. I wish we had needed more than 41 gallons. We turned off at Findley OH to make our way through the countryside to Mt. Gilead. We have been at this KOA before and I had done EZ check in online before our arrival. So it was just a matter of giving them our credit card to run and go right to our spot and set up.
Dan and Sue had arrived earlier and were at the gun club. We invited them over for a cookout when Dan was finished. This necessitated a run to the grocery and a bit of preparation. But dinner turned out fine and we sat outside until almost 11. Friday was a 9 am start time so it was right to bed for us all.
Ted didn’t do so good on Friday, Dan did better. But I was having one of my “bad” days and chose to stay home where facilities were right here. After Ted left, I felt better and if I had a way to go to the club, I would have. Later on, Ted came home to freshen up and we picked Dan and Sue up to go to a restaurant/bar and sat at a high top in the bar area. The food was good and the crowd enthusiastic discussing the day’s events.
Ted did better on Saturday and Dan had a rough time. The course is set up really hard. Some of those targets were so fast, and thrown into the shadows in the trees so dark, I couldn’t pick up the flight of them and I watched them leave the thrower and then they disappeared. There was grumbling among the troops!
My brother Kim and his wife Marion came from Powell, about 40 miles away to watch the shooting. It was about 12:30 when they finished so the four of us went to a biker bar for lunch! Dan was shooting at 3:00 and didn’t want to eat. When we returned we couldn’t find him. We asked around and looked all over. His truck was parked next to his golf cart but we never did find him. Ted and I were headed to church at 4:30 so Kim and Marian took off for home. When we came home we spotted Dan’s truck at their motel. The truck by his golf cart was not his and he had been napping the whole time!
There was a dinner at the club for participants just as we returned from church so our evening was spent there. Their friend Mike joined us since he was alone and I watched a robin feed her babies in a nest in the rafters of the pavilion, enjoying a bit of nature in the beautiful setting.
We returned before dark and Ted dumped our tanks in preparation for heading out on Monday morning. Here is a little gun humor.
Sunday was ok for Ted but Dan had a great run. They shoot in different classes and they both ended up in the top 1/3. Not a fantastic showing but good enough to have had fun. Dan and Sue took off for home and we returned to the campground and chowed down! It was late afternoon and neither of us had eaten even breakfast!
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