Traffic problems
I was going to Walmart today, but I-17, the major highway about 4 miles from me, is being worked on. Traffic on I-17 appears to be rerouted sometimes onto the two-lane blacktop that I'm boondocked near and use all the time to get to Ben Avery gun range and places like Walmart. This appears to happen randomly and quickly becomes miles of bumper-to-bumper slow-moving traffic.
I can easily reach Ben Avery and all the useful shopping areas, but returning home to my boondocking area is extremely time-consuming and difficult. After leaving the End of Trail cowboy shoot, driving the three miles to my boondocking area took an hour of stop-and-go traffic. I guess this is just one of the many problems of living in a highly populated area like Phoenix.
Oh well, I won't starve. There's a brand-new large truck stop about 1/4 of a mile from me, so I guess I can survive on truck-stop food when my pantry is empty. The problem is that the truck stop is so new the Subway hasn't opened yet, so I'll have to survive on the beef jerky and Honey Buns on the truck-stop shelves.
Speaking of the new truck stop, it's showing up a lot in my sunset pictures because, unfortunately, the sun goes down right over it, so there's no avoiding the truck stop in the picture. I reckon if I had more inclination, motivation, and determination, I could mosey over to the truck stop, get in front of it, and take a picture of the sunset, but I'm not blessed with those attributes, so the sun will continue to set on the truck- stop until I move.
Theboondork
The cowboy shooters love to have cowboy names and often dress like their favorite cowboy. Those cowboys can be real or imagined, so you frequently see TV cowboys like Paladin or movie cowboys like Roy Rogers at these cowboy shoots.
I thought this guy was rather unique, and not just anyone could become this cowboy. So here’s a contest; if you can guess who this cowboy is, you will win an Attaboy or an Attagirl, depending on how you identified today.
A clue; he’s in a movie.
Not to toot my own horn, but I recognized his character immediately.
Apparently, this mounted shooter didn’t like having her picture taken.
Safety glasses. These glasses are so safe they could stop a Javelin missile.
Can anyone guess what creature made a nest on this lady’s head ?
Is there ANYTHING women in the 1800s wouldn’t put on their heads ?