Monday, August 7, 2017
Good morning crew,
What a weekend. After the fest Saturday afternoon the wife and I retired to the old homestead where we decided to enjoy just a beautiful evening by building a little fire in the backyard. Because I'm not very smart I spent the next two hours or so breaking boards and sticks over my knees to feed the fire.
Then Sunday morning a friend of mine invited me to the range to shoot a little skeet. After about 90 minutes of that I began to remember why it's been almost a year since I've done it.
When I got up this morning I hobbled out of bed to discover that both of my knees are bruised and sore and my right shoulder has a big black-and-blue mark about the size of my fist (or maybe the butt of a 12 gauge stock) and it hurts to lift my arm up.
I'm telling you, these restful and relaxing weekends are really taking their toll on me.
Laugh it up,
Joe
joe@gophercentral.com
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