Cannon Party October 10 - 12, 2008 | MOVIES
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FRIDAY | October 10, 2008 | |
"Lost Boy" campfire After Jefe, Kathy and Holley arrived at party, we visited the "Lost Boy" campfire where Raymo was waxing on the past. Raymo then showed Jefe his and Erik's latest version of "Finnish Army Sauna", where Jefe wound up next to stovepipe that periodically ignited wood liner. He directed others in sauna to pass him water, so he could put it out.
| Raymo and Erik's sauna | |
Devil dog? Raymo with his new flashlight After spending a cool night, coffee in the morning, and a round of cannon shooting, Kathy suggested a road trip.
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SATURDAY | October 11, 2008 | |
Cervezas at our first stop | Some other "goings on" we saw on trip | |
After stopping to check out some of the debris along the dirt road surrounding the lake we were circumnavigating, Paco and Miguel egged Kathy on to bypassing signs forbidding entry onto the private missile range, some pix are site were obtained. We left as soon as the local militia started mobilizing. | Some of the "go away" signage we drove by Facility in background | |
The missile launching facility To complete the circumnavigation, we had to cross into this, what we found out later to be, abandonned farm.
| View of cannon party from abandonned farm | |
Checking it out | ||
Our next obstacle was the railroad tracks. We followed them for over a mile to find a way over them.
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Cannon party from RR tracks | ||
Mark made cannon slug above. At left, he is pouring lead into mold. | Mark and Paco preparing shots | |
Lost boys | Jefe and Kathy camp | |
Paco cannon shot at dusk. Cassidy taking a pic. | Fading light | |
Mark's campfire Later that night, our neighbors set off some fireworks. Here are some examples:
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SUNDAY | April 15, 2007 | |
Camp at morning | Tents leaning with the cold north wind | Paco, Erik, Mark and Jefe found these 30 cannonballs mid-Sunday after closing the range |
Paco signage noting "Unloaded" status of his cannon We left, after a very cold and windy night, despite an improving weather situation, around 1 p.m. this day.
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