so hot! kamloops must be a desert or something!

We've had a beautiful weekend (since last Wednesday) here in the Kamloops area. Weather was almost perfect except for last Thursday which was windy and rainy and cold. OK - the weather stunk last Thursday. But otherwise, it's been great. Slim (Delgado, my partner) came in fourth in his category at the match, shooting against some very stiff competition. He was pretty happy with his ranking. The shoot's final event this morning was marred by a sad accident (not related to guns, thank goodness). One of the shooters was riding his horse between events and was thrown, suffering head injuries. The ambulance arrived about half an hour later to bring him to Kamloops, but luckily many of the shooters had first aid and rescue experience. Hope all is well, although I'm sure he'll have a serious headache tomorrow.

We're learning how to live in the motorhome with the cowboy paraphernalia (boots, costumes, holsters, hats, carts,  various sizes of firearms and their requisite tools) and still be comfortable. It seems like the best way is to hide it all in the basement bays, so I don't have to look at it. You know what they say: if Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.

The scenery couldn't be beat at the Heffley Creek range - up in a lovely green treed gulch high above the South Thompson river. No services, but our new rig easily handled five days of dry-camping and probably could have made it a couple more days. WE were ready to enjoy a few more amenities and have found ourselves a campsite just east of Kamloops with full hookups. Did the laundry, bought some groceries, and found time to stop in at Staples to email and fax our acceptance of the offer on the house. Yes, after two months on the market, we found a buyer. The offer is conditional until July 16th at the latest, so as soon as we hear that the conditions have been lifted, we're heading home. This deal is going to be a bit stressful, because the possession date is August 8th. Yes, three weeks after conditions are lifted. AND we have a shoot in Alberta on the August long weekend, so will have to leave on July 27th. Anybody want to buy a Smart Car? Furniture? Dishes? Garage full of stuff? Whew.