As I have been busily adding the hiking miles to prepare for my January climb of Pico de Orizaba, Joel has been working to wrap up the shooting season.

The “Golden Spike Shooting Range” is owned by a friend, and because Joel stepped up to oversee most of the target maintenance, he has been given access pretty much whenever he wants. This range is about an hour away and is a gem as the targets go out to 2950 yards, over 1.6 miles … think about that! Most ranges are lucky to have the land to shoot out to 1000 yards.

Joel invited about a dozen friends and Range Safety Officers from the local Perry Range, and they met at Golden Spike for a day of long-range shooting, barbequeing, bullshitting, and whatever adult men do with their expensive toys! After our record- breaking rain the day before, the weather held out, and they had a great day.

As Joel was the official photographer,  he only ended up in the one photo!