Posted: 7/14/2009 3:43:21 PM EDT
| Spent part of the last week visiting family in the Houston area and I justed wanted to say thanks to all the friendly people we met during our stay. The country side is as awesome as the folks we spent time with and we plan on coming back next summer. |
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JohnnyP, the next time you are Houston, give a me a holler and we will go out to the Big Piney Sportsman's Club between Raymondville and Houston and do some shooting.
large portion of my family lives in licking MO Pretty much all of mine live in Licking and the surrounding area. |
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I don't get to shoot much due to my stubbornness when refusing to pay to use a range Unless the government owns it, somebody has to pay the property tax, range upkeep, utilities, etc. I know, I don't shoot at privately owned ranges, so I don't pay those things. When growing up, I would step out the back door and go shooting. Since then I refuse to pay to shoot, I realize I give up some small extras like a private range, organized events....etc. But as of right now we are getting reamed on ammo prices the way the are anyway, seems a range trip could get really expensive really quickly. lunyou |
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Ill be in Houston this weekend...wife is having class reunion and picking the boy up from his great grandparents in Plato...... so can I raid the Wal Mart for ammo?  You could if you could find any. My walmart is drier than I have ever seen it. The same boxes of ammo have been there for days, and I asked the clerk and he said that hadn't received any in about 1 week. I thought it was getting better. lunyou |
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Ill be in Houston this weekend...wife is having class reunion and picking the boy up from his great grandparents in Plato...... so can I raid the Wal Mart for ammo? You could if you could find any. My walmart is drier than I have ever seen it. The same boxes of ammo have been there for days, and I asked the clerk and he said that hadn't received any in about 1 week. I thought it was getting better. lunyou Ya I figured u would say that...we have the same prob here....were going up to St Louis Sunday...Im hope Cabelas atleast has 22 
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Ill be in Houston this weekend...wife is having class reunion and picking the boy up from his great grandparents in Plato...... so can I raid the Wal Mart for ammo? I'll be in Dalton, Ga next week. I grew up around Mountain Grove and Hartville in Wright County, just 25 miles from Houston. I was thinking about the area this morning; soon, I have to decide whether I want to move back down there when I retire. If I could find a place on the Gasconade or maybe the Osage, I might just live there. |
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Ill be in Houston this weekend...wife is having class reunion and picking the boy up from his great grandparents in Plato...... so can I raid the Wal Mart for ammo? I'll be in Dalton, Ga next week. I grew up around Mountain Grove and Hartville in Wright County, just 25 miles from Houston. I was thinking about the area this morning; soon, I have to decide whether I want to move back down there when I retire. If I could find a place on the Gasconade or maybe the Osage, I might just live there. I thought I grew up in a small town in WV ...then my wife took me back to Houston lol She wants to retire and build a place on her grandparents land in Plato, but I dont know.. Ive gotten use to a Wal Mart on every corner here lol I use to tell her we couldnt cause I would have to sale my cans, then yall went and changed that lol BTW there aint shit in Dalton unless your looking for carpet.....its the carpet capitol of the SE 
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Quoted: JohnnyP, the next time you are Houston, give a me a holler and we will go out to the Big Piney Sportsman's Club between Raymondville and Houston and do some shooting. large portion of my family lives in licking MO Pretty much all of mine live in Licking and the surrounding area. Will do! thanks |
Well Houston was Houston...went to the fair and derby Sat night.....the best was the powder puff...I thought those girls were gona kill one another 
Hit the walmart thinking Id get lucky and realized I was in the country when someone actually asked "can I help u" while looking in the ammo counter (u have to beg someone here to open the case) but it was empty of 22lr
We went to Cabelas in St Louis.....all the 223/556 I could of wanted.....but only 5 100rd boxes of 22 Rem Thunderbolts 
Hit Lamberts today for lunch and came home....great weather...u all sure do have a nice state |
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Ill be in Houston this weekend...wife is having class reunion and picking the boy up from his great grandparents in Plato...... so can I raid the Wal Mart for ammo? You could if you could find any. My walmart is drier than I have ever seen it. The same boxes of ammo have been there for days, and I asked the clerk and he said that hadn't received any in about 1 week. I thought it was getting better. lunyou Ya I figured u would say that...we have the same prob here....were going up to St Louis Sunday...Im hope Cabelas atleast has 22 I went by Salem's Walmart and they had a good amount of .22 Winchester High Velocity expert. I bought 1 block. lunyou |
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....great weather... 
July weather is like this every ten or fifteen years, and Houston in located smack where the heat and humidity are the highest! By the way, get out to Dog's Bluff for a swim while you're there. It's just off H. 17 West of town. The river might be in good condition down by the Baptist Camp, too. An excellent day trip is up to Duke, West of H. 63. Go to Rich's Last Resort to rent a canoe. The float from the put in upstream is 6 or 8 miles, and is easy for inexperienced people in canoes. There a a few deep holes to fish and several gravel bars to pull out on for a sandwich. |