Today started earlier than yesterday. About 3:30 the worst thunderstorm we've ever been in hit. It started with a nasty hailstorm. The hail was up to quarter size. That was followed by a really heavy rainstorm. Not only did the TV antenna leak again, but so did the housing around the bedroom fan. Obviously the dealer guys didn't do a good job of installing it.
I went out after the storm. Luckily the truck was not damaged. After I got back in a second storm hit. It had no hail, but it did have a lot of rain.
The two storms totally freaked out the cats and dog. The cats were hunkered down next to us and the dog was hiding under her bed.
In the morning there were tree leaves all over. I got out the ladder and brushed them off the trailer and truck. Luckily we didn't shoot until 2:30, so there was plenty of time to do everything. It was hot and sweaty work though. Ellen had to help hold the ladder while I was cleaning off the slide tops and the gutters.
We went to the range a couple of hours early. We got Ellen a choke tube wrench and then I went to Paxton's to demo the Blazer 20 ga. I shot it really well, and it felt good. The only problem is that it's a really plain gun. We just had time to shoot the practice 5-stand before it was time to shoot.
It was sunny, hot, and humid when we shot. I started off pretty good. Then after the 4th station or so one of the trigger springs broke. I had to finish with Ellen's gun. I did pretty well with it except for crossers and droppers. I just couldn't hit those. I finished with a poor score, but I felt really good because I scored pretty good considering I didn't have a gun that fit.
After the shooting we went back to the club house for an open bar and dinner. I stopped at one of the vendors and got both springs replaced. Of course Lucy got quite a bit of people food, too. After dinner they had some gun raffles and a pro-am shoot. We missed winning a gun by one number. Oh well.
Before we left we left Ellen's gun off at the same vendor that fixed my gun. Her gun's ejectors don't work. He said he'll fix it tonight.
We got home about 8:00. The evening was surfing.
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