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Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« on: July 25, 2010, 09:21:50 PM »
Got a lot to work on, but a few tidbits to get started:











And at risk of being on KP till the next century:



BTW, Jerry deserved his little nap be fore supper, he worked had for weeks before hand to get things ready and worked hard in the heat to make it work, a fun time.
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2010, 09:47:21 PM »
I had a great time!  Thanks for the pictures, Del!
"There go those Nebraskans, and all hell couldn't stop them!"

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2010, 09:50:53 PM »
I had a great time!  Thanks for the pictures, Del!

Oh I can assure you I have many more.  It was a great time, enjoyed sitting and talking with you again.
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2010, 09:58:52 PM »
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2010, 10:36:16 PM »
Y'all missed a damn fine time!  Mark this one down for next year!

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2010, 05:36:54 AM »
Y'all missed a damn fine time!  Mark this one down for next year!

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2010, 05:08:10 PM »
Ah, geez, wish I could have been there!
But alas, I'm still grinding the stone for another 10 months, m/l.
However, I have a couple of logistical/scenario questions regarding the site, now that we have seen pictures:
1. It looks like you might have the possibility of a 1,000 yard target or Billy Dixon range of 1,578 yds, m/l, is that possible?
2. How about a Fetterman's or somesuch battle scenario?
3. Since I read your comments about how to get into the Fort area the other day, can a Minivan make it in or is a 4x4 PU more applicable? Just thinking about next year when I retire and can get out you way to enjoy some real GAF events!
Best regards and good shooting!
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2010, 05:59:24 PM »
The Commissary Dept was almost to the map cordinates to find Camp Pitspiter when Colonel Pitspiter and his Chief Of Staff Lt Colonel Dusty Tagalon were seen coming our way to feth the latrine facilites (Porta Potty)  After getting instructions on how to get to the camp amd being warned to be sure and turn left at the top of the bank of the irrigation canel rather than going on forward, we went up a cow path that involved our mighty 7.5L Ford turbo Diesal to use low gear.

The gear was dropped out and about dark Army Captian Delmonico and his ast Seaman Second Class Salt Crick Rick were ready for a quick supper.  They had stopped at Loup City, the Polish Capital of Newbrassky and bought Poilish sausage from Joe's Grocery and Meat Market, since the sign said the best sausage made in Newbrassky along the Highway.

I must say I buy a lot of such things in small towns and these truly were the best I have ever hade as well as the ring bolonga we had at noon Thursday.  (Supper Thursday we started feeding the troops that had arrived.)





Several cobblers and ovens of bread were prepared through out the weekend.





Other dishes made included meat loaf:



And beef and noodles, homemade or rather camp made noodles of course:



Pot roast made with yearling bison (Buffalo) and basted with butter:



My Friday night plate, meat loaf, corn pudding and pear cobbler:



After supper the firearms were put away and then the troops were allowed a couple of adult beverages of their choice, the cook and his helper as always chose Turkish Coffee:



This helps them to stand night watch and fire guard.

Some of the troops eating:






And the things we hide under a tarp:



With 95F heat and no shade for the coolers, we were glad town was only 2.5 miles away, we made a lot of trips for ice and other perishables.
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2010, 07:10:24 PM »
I didn't get many before I ran out of battery



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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2010, 07:18:35 PM »



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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2010, 10:45:10 PM »
Very nice! The Span-Am War era was well represented.

And I did think myself accursed . . .  :(
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2010, 06:36:04 AM »
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApYp6_FgLOc&feature=youtube_gdata[/youtube]
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #12 on: July 27, 2010, 07:14:07 AM »
1. It looks like you might have the possibility of a 1,000 yard target or Billy Dixon range of 1,578 yds, m/l, is that possible?
2. How about a Fetterman's or somesuch battle scenario?
3. Since I read your comments about how to get into the Fort area the other day, can a Minivan make it in or is a 4x4 PU more applicable?

1.From the general area of the camp site 800 could be done but it woud be stretching it. If we went back out to the road I think we could get 1200 to 1600 yds but logistics would be challenging.

2. I'm not sure we'll use stage scenario's next year. The skirmish format used in the Expansion Era Match proved sooo popular that I will likely set up the whole match to use that type of format.

3. A pickup is pretty much a sure thing, but I think a minivan could get in there (unless it rains) Dusty Tagalon got his Olds Alero in there with few problems until the engine blew up on him but that's another story.  :'(
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #13 on: July 27, 2010, 07:19:50 AM »
And I did think myself accursed . . .  :(
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #14 on: July 27, 2010, 10:15:00 AM »
Great pics and awesome movie.

I need to do this as like a daddy vacation....

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #15 on: July 27, 2010, 12:17:42 PM »
a great site men, your hard work shows. Tom

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #16 on: July 27, 2010, 09:15:56 PM »
Pitspitr & Ned & all:

You outdone youselves, for certain!!!
I will be there in 2012, for dam sure!

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2010, 05:24:04 PM »
I posted this in Cosie's Corner, but since it was from the Muster I thought some would like to see it also:

I like doing things in camp that amazes folks who don't do a lot of cooking.  I have done the homemade noodles a few times and it's always been a hit.  There are of course many noodle recipes, they all will work, I just mix it up with out one.

But you get your dough made up, cover it and let it rest a half hour or so, knead it again and grap a hunk and roll it out:



(Lots of folks like my curly maple rolling pin, I do to, it's pretty.)

I then grab my knife and cut them, I make them long, wide and thick, everyone seems to like them that way and it saves time:



I toss them in a dish pan and sprinkle them with flour to keep them from sticking:



You then bring the broth to a boil and slowly add the noodles while stirring and simmer till done:



The trivet you see at the top brings the dutch oven higher than the legs allow, this allows me to get more hot coals under the oven, it helps when doing rapid boils. One of my winter projects is to build a new cupboard, this one is getting ragged, it was built by a friend of mine about 10 years ago and has been hauled around a lot, loaded and un-loaded hard, been outside in rain snow, and hail.  The big problem is he built it and painted it.  I will paint all pieces with better paint and then put it together.
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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2010, 06:38:44 PM »
(Note, this is a copy and paste from other forums, as I told folks up there, my Lab folks all over the world were waiting for pictures, they love this stuff, it's easier to get a post that will work for all posts of some pictures.)

We were near the town of Sargent in Northeast Custer County it's 2576 square miles and 11,793 people is 2000.  Most live in the eastern part of the county.  This is where Solomon Butcher took most of his sod house pictures in the late 19th century.  We were just on the tail end of the sandhills just above the valley of the Middle Loup river, that is the reason for so many stunted cedar trees, once away from the river valleys the trees go away.

These are in and around camp, first three are generally to the east to south east







And toward the south, showing where the road drops over the edge, had to use low gear to get the Diesal F-350 up and and you really want it going down:



To the SSW showing Jerry's house and the town of Sargent Pop 649:



To the west:



And to the north, looking over our camp:



And from camp, looking down the firing range Sunday Morning:

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Re: Well I'll Start the Picture Thread (DMM 2010)
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2010, 07:21:07 PM »
Did anybody get a picture of the long range targets? I realized that I hadn't but by then the wind had blown the paper off. I was hoping to give an idea of the distance we were shooting.
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