Heading / Moving to Colorado Jan.31st..Quit my $30hr job :knothead: and heading west to fullfill my lifelong dream :) of living out there..I figure lifes too short, so go for it..Seeing how it's just me an my dog.Looking foreward to meeting some fellow shooters out there.No job yet but do have a place to live in Whitewater..Hopefully trip will go smoothly..Jamie :)
Welcome to Colorado. Its been a cold winter on the west slope. There is a pretty good contingent of trad bowhunters in the Grand Junction area. Take a look at the Colorado Traditional Archers Society. www.colotradarchers.com (http://www.colotradarchers.com)
Jim
Good luck on the move!
Welcome, You wont regret the move
welcome to CO!
Mike
Good luck. I know if I didn't have such strong family ties in PA, I'd be out west or Alaska.
I'm Jealous ! Good Luck !! Great country out there !!!
Welcome, sent you a pm.
Good luck
Best of luck Jamie.
Lived there for most of 20 years, much nicer weather than where I'm at now. Enjoy the fresh start. :campfire:
I wanted to do that 20 years ago! Now I just go visit every fall. I still love that country.
Good luck and Enjoy :thumbsup: :archer:
Hope your move goes smooth.
Welcome !!
I said "it's now or never" in '77. Picked up and moved to Wyoming. There's nothing like the Rocky Mountains. It's the marrow of the earth.
Check out the West Slope area, I lived there for a short time GREAT folks in Grand Junction area.
Welcome! Hope the move goes well.
A big THANK YOU for all the " welcomes "and all.
Looking foreward to doin' some shooting..I got your PM mark, Thanks..Will definitly have to meet up and shoot with you guys on sundays when i can..
GOOD LUCK, WISH I WOULD OF HAD THE GUTS TO MAKE THE MOVE 30 YRS AGO ALSO.
I have some friends there too..in the pinzgauer world - Dennis and Linda Williams "Linden Engineering"- in the Denver area.
I got to shoot there when I came through driving the pinz back from Wisconsin.
This is what it look like in blue mounds before hitting the road and one of the worst storms of the winter there.
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then it turned into this and worse later
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Then i had to get out and clear the wipers
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Got to Denver...wow what a trip across Kansas (can you get strighter roads) and in a pinz at 80kms an hour and 80 degrees...wow.
It was 75 degrees in Denver and then two days later before I took off it snowed
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it looked like this
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Left Denver that night and hit 60 MPH cross winds and they had a warning the semi's with trailers that were empty should stop in the pass - so I stopped too. Couldn't up to 40MPH in the pinz in the head wind.
this is what the highway looked like in the morning
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Loved it there....Mountains...gotta have mountains..kinda close to everything and when the big one hits you will have beach side property.
Coming through there on my bike this summer I think..maybe look some of you folks up..if it's ok of course.
Jer Bear
I'm wanting to head that way myself, got a lot of relatives out in Yuma, but its to flat there. Really like that salida area.
Jamie---- Call me when your settled in, I'm only 60 minutes or so away . Dick
Woooooo Hooooooo,Yeeeee Haaaaaaaaa and all that other jazz..I MADE IT !!!!..Pretty uneventful trip.someone must have been looking out for me..now to find a job and get shooting..
I have 10 years or less to full retirement and I'll be joining YA.
Good choice,I am a Colorado part time resident.
Good luck,I retired two yrs ago and have thought of making the move.
Good luck on the job hunt. Congratulations on the safe journey and having the guts to just go!
Taking risks like that you will do fine.
My brother had a great job as a system analyst or DuPont company here in WV. His plan was to retire early and move to CO.
Unfortunately he died in an airplane crash at the age of 45.
If you really want to do something... consider not putting it off until later. There may be no later.
Didn't mean to throw a wet blanket on the party.
Good luck on the job and the move.
Jamie,I'm sad I didn't see this thread earlier.Not sure why I missed it.I knew you were leaving out but wasn't sure when.I'm pretty sad we didn't get to shoot one more time before you left out.Will miss seeing ya at the Danby/Mendon shoots buddy.
Thanks Rich,,Keep Dave in check..an keep me updated on stuff back there.How is your new custom bow treating ya???
QuoteOriginally posted by gsdmikko:
Thanks Rich,,Keep Dave in check..an keep me updated on stuff back there.How is your new custom bow treating ya???
Oh I've got serveral now. ;)
My Silvertip is the go to now though.My riser should be heading back from Montana as we speak.
Keeping Dave in check is a full time job but I'm starting to get the hang of it. :thumbsup:
Hook it up with an elk hunt buddy... :notworthy:
Keep me in check, too funny. He's working fulltime to catch up Jamie. LOL
Glad you made it safely. Look forward to some elk pics from you in the fall.
Good luck and a safe trip! My wife said she would like us to move out west someday. I have one cool wife!!!
your a lucky man!