{"id":133,"date":"2009-05-15T02:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-15T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2013-12-10T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T20:15:38","slug":"day-before-nra-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/day-before-nra-convention\/133\/","title":{"rendered":"Day Before NRA Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I admit. This blog stuff is really new to me, but I&#8217;ll give it my best shot.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not real gun information smart ..as in comparing this gun to that gun.. but I can keep you all abreast of the happenings of this years NRA Convention on most all other levels and what Marshal , Michael and I are doing. It will be scattered, because  heck.. I don&#8217;t even know what we&#8217;re doing half the time..but if you can grab a hold and ride with me by the seat of my britches.. then maybe you&#8217;ll be able to follow my ramblings on here for the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll  post pictures on a daily basis.. and I will try to give you all as much scoop and back behind the scenes as I can.<\/p>\n<p>Our flight take off yesterday was &#8220;bumpy&#8221;. Couldn&#8217;t have been those 50 mph winds that we were having in Kansas could it?   What??  Kansas&#8230; windy?  Naaaaaa..<\/p>\n<p>Anyway.. we did land in Phoenix and stepped off the plane into about 104 degree temp.. and managed to make it to the Hyatt via a taxi driver that talked about&#8230; what else?  &#8220;Obama&#8221;&#8230; !<br \/>\nI  thought I was in the cab from Hell, having to listen to that drivel about how Obama is in town and how they were making things all &#8220;special&#8221; for Obama.. blah blah blah.. I tried to change the subject and I ask him what kind of red flowering bushes those were growing along side the road. He said they were Obama Bushes.. Yeahhhhh whatever&#8230; I ask no more questions.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today was spent at the Shooting Range playing with Ruger&#8217;s new &#8220;secret&#8221; gun.. OMG!! Wow&#8230; is all I can say.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-135\" title=\"img_2423-copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_2423-copy-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Merkow, senior consultant with Outdoor Channel, being tonight's chef.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_2423-copy-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_2423-copy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todd Merkow, senior consultant with Outdoor Channel, being tonight&#39;s chef.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Then tonight we went to Todd and Lisa Merkow&#8217;s home where they cooked the greatest array homemade  Mexican cuisine for everyone. It was so fun and their home is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Just got back and Marshal , Michael and Jim Zumbo were last seen heading to the bar.. I kissed them all goodnight &#8230;bid them farewell till morning and veered off to the 16th floor&#8230;where I am  ready to call it a night. Will catch you all tomorrow ..<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134\" title=\"img_2448-copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_2448-copy-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Zumbo and I posing for the camera.\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_2448-copy-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img_2448-copy.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Zumbo and I posing for the camera.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, I admit. This blog stuff is really new to me, but I&#8217;ll give it my best shot. 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