My now ex-girlfriend and I took a road trip out west this summer. I had several motivations, one of which was making her my ex-girlfriend by turning her into my fiancée. That happened in Yellowstone at the Old Faithful Inn, which is an amazing place. And I wanted to drop down into Denver to see my mom and other family. Finally, we needed to pick up our new adopted dog, from a rescue in Aurora. We were in a little Subaru loaded with weeks worth of gear and then had to squeeze a 103 pound Akita into the back for the 2000 mile trip home. So that was lots of fun.
We agreed that on the trip, we would each choose a couple of other places to go and see.
My girlfriend chose Niagara Falls and the Mall of America. We did those places on the way out west. While in MN, we delivered a Remington Rolling Block rifle that I sold to its new owner (opening up some room for the dog).
We mutually agreed on going to the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse. I wanted to go to Sturgis while we were in the neighborhood, but she did not, and I had already picked my two side trip places.
My places were both in Wyoming. First, I chose to swing down into Star Valley to visit my buddy flatgate before going up passed the Tetons and into Yellowstone. And then, after a few memorable days in the park (we beat the government shutdown, so that was a blessing) and while my freshly minted fiancée was still agreeable and glowing under the spell of the new jewelry, I chose to visit the Cody Firearms Museum.
I took 420 pictures and saw lots of neat stuff. I highly recommend a visit to anyone interested in the history of firearms. They have many, many fine examples and a few words can't do justice to the place.
But I wanted to share these few pics with the forum. The museum now has TWO of the 20 Spanish engraved Single Six revolvers. Both were donated by WBR's surviving children, Bill Ruger Jr., and Carolyn Vogel.
I hope these pics display properly; I am trying a new hosting site. The pics are not all that great due to low lighting and taking them through glass, but they do show examples of guns that most Ruger collectors will only dream of owning. In case you are wondering, that is the museum's catalog number inside the trigger guards, not something original to the guns.
We agreed that on the trip, we would each choose a couple of other places to go and see.
My girlfriend chose Niagara Falls and the Mall of America. We did those places on the way out west. While in MN, we delivered a Remington Rolling Block rifle that I sold to its new owner (opening up some room for the dog).
We mutually agreed on going to the Badlands, Mount Rushmore, and Crazy Horse. I wanted to go to Sturgis while we were in the neighborhood, but she did not, and I had already picked my two side trip places.
My places were both in Wyoming. First, I chose to swing down into Star Valley to visit my buddy flatgate before going up passed the Tetons and into Yellowstone. And then, after a few memorable days in the park (we beat the government shutdown, so that was a blessing) and while my freshly minted fiancée was still agreeable and glowing under the spell of the new jewelry, I chose to visit the Cody Firearms Museum.
I took 420 pictures and saw lots of neat stuff. I highly recommend a visit to anyone interested in the history of firearms. They have many, many fine examples and a few words can't do justice to the place.
But I wanted to share these few pics with the forum. The museum now has TWO of the 20 Spanish engraved Single Six revolvers. Both were donated by WBR's surviving children, Bill Ruger Jr., and Carolyn Vogel.
I hope these pics display properly; I am trying a new hosting site. The pics are not all that great due to low lighting and taking them through glass, but they do show examples of guns that most Ruger collectors will only dream of owning. In case you are wondering, that is the museum's catalog number inside the trigger guards, not something original to the guns.
