Well we did it! We drove out to Vegas and back with no troubles at all. When we pulled into our driveway on Tuesday afternoon the cars odometer read 3333. I guess 3 must be our lucky number. We spent around $260 on gas getting 43 miles to the gallon. The Prius did great the whole way, even going through the mountains in Wyoming and Utah. We had good weather both ways. On the way out we hit a little sleet in Rapid City SD and then on the way home we hit a little snow in northern Utah and southern Wyoming. It never slowed us down much. It took us about 24 hours to drive there and the same for the way back.
On the way there we drove to a little town just south of Salt Lake City Utah and spend the night. Then we got up early and made our way to Zion National Park. It was beautiful with the snow on all the mountains. We spent a couple of hours there and then made our way into Vegas.
This year the shoot was being held at South Point, it is 7 miles off of the strip. We were not sure that we would like being off of the strip but we both agree we did not miss it. For people that had never been to Vegas it would suck a little because you had to take the shuttle to get to the strip if you did not have a car. But since we have been to Vegas so many times we did not miss it.
Wed. after getting to South Point we just checked everything out and then went to a Mexican restaurant for supper. We were pretty tired from all the driving so we went to bed pretty early.
Thursday was a day to relax. We went to the trade show and got a couple of shirts and then watched the world archery shoot off. It was really fun to watch, it was very intense. We also spent a little time gambling and visiting with everyone. The weather was very nice out 73 degrees.
Friday was our first day of shooting. Rick, Hannah and I got to shoot on the same bail. Rick shot his first ever 300 in Vegas!!! He was very happy. Hannah also shot good . I did bad for the first end but then came back strong. Joe Zafft also from Waseca did great too, shooting a 295. Over all it was a great day of shooting for the Waseca bunch. After we were all done shooting we all went down to the strip so we could eat at the Toby Keith restaurant. I can't stand Toby Keith but Hannah is a big fan and wanted to go there so we all did. The food was good so I guess it was okay that we went. Friday night we went to the BCY party. It is free food and free drinks so we always have a good time. Us women drank our fare share of wine :)
Sat. we had to shoot at 10:00. Rick, Hannah and Joe had good days of shooting again. I won't talk about my day :( After shooting we just hung out visiting and gambling. Sat. night the NFAA puts on a supper for everyone so we all ate there. They have a big give away but we did not win anything big. Rick won a target that they are mailing him.
Sunday I had to shot at 7:00. I did better shooting until the last arrow when I shot a 6! I was not to happy with myself for that, if I had shot a 10 like I had with the other two arrows I would have gotten 8th place and won some money! Oh well there is always next year. Hannah did well enough to win $100. Rick did not shoot until 1:00 so we had some lunch and then we all watched him shoot. He was in the first flight so every arrow counts. He did good but not as good as the first two days. He ended up on 25th place out of around 700 shooters! It was his best shooting ever in Vegas.
After all the shooting we went out to eat to the Mexican place again with Joe and Kerry. It is really good food. Then we just gambled and hung out. We got to bed around 10:30.
Monday we got up at 2:45 and got all packed and ready to go. We were back on the road by 3:45. We drove until 1:00 in the morning. We stopped in a little town next to Chamberlain SD for the night.
Tuesday we got up around 8:30 and hit the road again. We stopped in Mitchell SD for breakfast etc. Then we drove on home. We made it home around 3:30.
It was a great trip and we are both already looking forward to next year. We will be driving it again!
Later Sharon
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