Have a new friend that has a construction company in Calif & Idaho
and wants to join me in my
old 1890's school house up in Tuski Nevada, that my father bought,
for a fishing, hunting, and get out and relax place for his friends.
Plan one, fix the roof that had a leak
Plan two, shoot some rife targets at 200 yards for his Elk rifle (30 mag. )
Plan three, shoot some chuckar for his dog (4 years laps time)
Arrived in Tuski at 3pm and unloaded ALL the gear and tools etc.,
Then ended up having Colo. back strap and Idaho round steak venison
on the Cedar wood fire pit, for out first meal at the school house.
Having never seeing the country, Greg T. and his black Lab, invited me
to join them in their 4x4 to go look at some country that he had never seen before and maybe see some chukars.
I showed him what the "Big Sky" of Nevada looks like with miles of mountains, roads, quakes, buckbrush and high sage, for hunters.
I took him to a place that I called "Hollywood" that was in the center of a lot of mountains and valleys, with view of "I gota go there" places.
On the way back down from the top of this area, we ran into some chukar off the side of the hill , that went down to a creek.
He went left and I went, down hill and right to see if we could get lucky.
He flushed the flock and as they went down hill ang past me at 60 yards,
I got lucky and got of just one shot, but it counted, and a bird fell
and the dog got to find the scent of an old lost friend, that had been missing, for years.
That night we celebrated ,by enjoying a Antelope backstrap with a nice glass of Merlow.
Finally got to working on the roof after some "Idaho" coffee and breakfast, and just got the roof cleaned off and ready for the new roofing , when the wind came up.
With a true 45* pitch metal roof, safety came first and we called it a day, and had to finish off the elk and antelope, along with the chuckar, that we picked up.
I know, life is tuff, sometimes.
We did notice that their were some heavy dark clouds coming into the area at 6pm and that there was a weather warning on the cell phone.
At midnight Greg woke up to 40mph winds and had to shut the shutters on the old school house , to prevent glass damage, to a few new panes that he had just installed.
At 7am, I got up to let his dog out to "smell the roses" and found
a combination of rain and snow, greeting me.
We packed up the truck with all our gear and tools and gear and
got the new roofing inside, for later, and then got the "Safety lines" off the roof and then all we had to do was lock up the place and hook up the trailer, that had the 4x4, already tied down, for travel.
All in all, a great time in "Sagebrush country", enjoyed by dog and men, to rekindle old and new memories, with more trips in the future for us.
On the way home we "Filled up" and enjoyed Diesel at $5.09 in Battle Mountain, while it was $5.69 as we drove into Reno, Nevada, four hours later.
He wanted to see the old "Short cut" road way in to Tuski but with the rain and snow, I told him that the Alkali roads were not safe and that we would have to go to Elko, via the blacktop roads and do the shortcut road, some other time.
Mother Nature, gave us a curve ball this trip but there will hopefully, be many more in the future, with my new found friend.
Everyone stay safe and have a great time with family and friends.
and wants to join me in my
old 1890's school house up in Tuski Nevada, that my father bought,
for a fishing, hunting, and get out and relax place for his friends.
Plan one, fix the roof that had a leak
Plan two, shoot some rife targets at 200 yards for his Elk rifle (30 mag. )
Plan three, shoot some chuckar for his dog (4 years laps time)
Arrived in Tuski at 3pm and unloaded ALL the gear and tools etc.,
Then ended up having Colo. back strap and Idaho round steak venison
on the Cedar wood fire pit, for out first meal at the school house.
Having never seeing the country, Greg T. and his black Lab, invited me
to join them in their 4x4 to go look at some country that he had never seen before and maybe see some chukars.
I showed him what the "Big Sky" of Nevada looks like with miles of mountains, roads, quakes, buckbrush and high sage, for hunters.
I took him to a place that I called "Hollywood" that was in the center of a lot of mountains and valleys, with view of "I gota go there" places.
On the way back down from the top of this area, we ran into some chukar off the side of the hill , that went down to a creek.
He went left and I went, down hill and right to see if we could get lucky.
He flushed the flock and as they went down hill ang past me at 60 yards,
I got lucky and got of just one shot, but it counted, and a bird fell
and the dog got to find the scent of an old lost friend, that had been missing, for years.
That night we celebrated ,by enjoying a Antelope backstrap with a nice glass of Merlow.
Finally got to working on the roof after some "Idaho" coffee and breakfast, and just got the roof cleaned off and ready for the new roofing , when the wind came up.
With a true 45* pitch metal roof, safety came first and we called it a day, and had to finish off the elk and antelope, along with the chuckar, that we picked up.
I know, life is tuff, sometimes.
We did notice that their were some heavy dark clouds coming into the area at 6pm and that there was a weather warning on the cell phone.
At midnight Greg woke up to 40mph winds and had to shut the shutters on the old school house , to prevent glass damage, to a few new panes that he had just installed.
At 7am, I got up to let his dog out to "smell the roses" and found
a combination of rain and snow, greeting me.
We packed up the truck with all our gear and tools and gear and
got the new roofing inside, for later, and then got the "Safety lines" off the roof and then all we had to do was lock up the place and hook up the trailer, that had the 4x4, already tied down, for travel.
All in all, a great time in "Sagebrush country", enjoyed by dog and men, to rekindle old and new memories, with more trips in the future for us.
On the way home we "Filled up" and enjoyed Diesel at $5.09 in Battle Mountain, while it was $5.69 as we drove into Reno, Nevada, four hours later.
He wanted to see the old "Short cut" road way in to Tuski but with the rain and snow, I told him that the Alkali roads were not safe and that we would have to go to Elko, via the blacktop roads and do the shortcut road, some other time.
Mother Nature, gave us a curve ball this trip but there will hopefully, be many more in the future, with my new found friend.
Everyone stay safe and have a great time with family and friends.
