These are pictures of Fort Bliss's Museum. It is terrific with many displays, weapons, written material, etc. Very large and comprehensive.
This week our Son Earl visited us. One of the places we visited was White Sands Missle Range. It is a terrific place to visit. Many, many military missiles and artillary pieces. It was fun to see the items and to read the descriptions on the various plaques. Gary
Friday I gave a class on firearms to Earl, our son. We then went to a firing range and Earl fired 100 rounds of 9MM amunition into these silhouettes. Earl did a very good job of hitting the targets and practiced good firearm safety. Gary
Monday, October 17, 2022
Here are two bowls and a large box made from mulberry wood. I have thrown out the rest of my mulberry wood because it is too old and I am getting too much tear out with it. I have chopped up my remaining wood and it is ready for turning.
This week we went to Albuquerque for the Ballon festival. It was the 50th anniversary of this activity and the Wednesday event was expected to be a spectacle. It was a “bust because of the rain. It rained all day on Wednesday and was predicted for the rest of the week. We took Lyft to the festival and then walked around the field after paying the entry fee. None of the balloons were set up and all were packed up on their carrying vehicles. The vendors were sad also because the viewers were not buying their goods and were leaving. We were sad to see the various visitors, families huddled under blankets to stay warm and dry and then not seeing beautiful balloons soaring up into the sky. We had difficulty getting back to the hotel. The Lyft driver parked in the wrong pick up area and after a long delay walked to where we were at (the correct area for Lyft pick up). We walked to her car and had a very long wait to get to the road to leave and she took a long circular trip to get back to the hotel. A sad story and experience. Well, we were here once before and had a very good experience. So, I will concentrate on the past positive trip. We came home on Thursday. We got out of the house for awhile and that was good.
