Last weekend we spent the weekend camping at the R-100 in Palmer Ma. It was Jen and I. Jared (Murphy617) and his Gf Melissa. His friend Tom. Craig and his gf Jen, and Steve. All members of Algonquin Archers. A whole weekend of hanging out with friends, drinking cold beer, eating food, relaxing by the fire, and shooting. It can't get much better!!!! :peace:

Friday night we all roled into camp and got set up. Cracked some beers and relaxed by the fire.

L-R Craig, Jen, Steve, and Me....

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Me and Steve about to fall asleep by the fire...

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Me feeding the fire...

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Craig and Jen...

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Saturday morning we got an early start, but there was a huge backlog on the Safari side. It took us almost 7 hours to shoot 50 targets. :doh: It was definitely fun though. We had a group of Ct people behind us, so we had local people to chat with all day.

Jared shooting the Zebra...

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Melissa shooting the Giraffe....

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Me shooting the Zebra...

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Jen shooting the Giraffe...

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Craig shooting the Zebra...

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Me and Jen shooting the Leopard...

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Melissa shooting the kissing frogs...

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Saturday night we were all smoked!!! we cooked up some burgers and dogs, and Kielbasa, and I had Venison Chili, and steaks. With all the food, and a few cold ones, none of us lasted very long. I must be getting old...lol

Who said Jared can't cook...

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Melissa taking over for Jared. Tom, me, and Jared under the canopy...

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Me getting the Peppers, onions, and mushrooms ready for the venison steaks...

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Jen and I...

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Saturday night around midnight it started to rain, and boy did it ever rain!!! It didn't stop till about 9:30 Sunday morning. We ended up going out to breakfast. If you are ever in the Palmer Ma. area, check out Girly's Grille!! :peace: Their breakfast was killer. The portions were huge, and the staff...well.... look at the name of the resturant...lol. :noidea: The service was top notch.

We got to the club at 11, so we really had to rush through the N.A. side. Cards had to be in at 2:15. We didn't get any pics because we rushed through. The North american side was set up on Necamanseks public 3d course. This has to be the absolute best terrain I have ever shot. I will definitely take the 2 hour drive to shoot one of this clubs regular shoots. We got done at 3, and they barely accepted out cards. I heard at least 50 shooters got booted from the course before they finished. Thats BS!!! :tape: I can see having a cut off for starting the course, but once you are on the course you have no control over the speed of the crowd. :frusty: Plus the morning rain didn't help.

All in all I had an awesome time. I shot like poo, as did most of us. The course was a lot harder then last years Vt R-100. Good friend, Good food, cold beer, and a relaxing weekend more then made up for the our shooting woes.

Everybody went home Sunday night except for Jen and I. We wanted a night to relax. Virg(Hilltophunter) was camping within view of us. Jen and I got a rare opportunity to spend some time around the fire with him and his wife Sunday. Sunday night was the highlight of the weekend. Absolutely nothing to do!!! I truly hope Rinehart has the shoot at this club next year. Was a nice short drive.,a gorgeous campground, and a very organized club hosting the event.

Have to include a few shameless Vortex Optics plugs!!!...

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