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I bit of a digression. Biosphere II, one of our planned excursions this trip to Tucson is very cool. It is the largest Life Sciences experiment on the planet. It consists of litterally acres of space inside an enclosed (used to be hermetically sealed) greenhouse that features several climates...incl...

Here are the snacks staged...waiting to begin the tournament.



Below is a photo we took of Biospehere II.

It's 6:30AM here in Tucson today...the quiet before the gathering. Addison and I are still getting ready at the hotel. We arrived on Saturday night and spent all yesterday touring Biosphere II (links to follow) and "chilling" before today. He had some homework to do on this trip, so he spe...

Cool pics. Thanks for posting the info on the Indian shoot. The headwear looks fun.

As some of you know the Virginia State Trap Shoot is one of our favorite shoots during the year. We always try to make the shoot. This year the logistics were a bit wonkie in that immediately after the shoot Addison and I had to hop a plane to Orlando to meet up with the rest of the family for the U...

Excellent photo Fred! Congrads John, good shooting.

Confirmed. Addison Callan won HAA Open Sub Junior and returns to NC with 3 trophies and several new youth shooter friends.

The 91 lost Open Sub Junior by one bird. Addison tells me that he is high for Open Sub Junior High All Around. He also said that the bad doubles performance on Friday caused him to lose the HOA by one bird. Is it not always one bird? North Carolina comes home victorious from Musicland USA. Sounds li...

happy to be done. He is waiting around to see if everyone walked off a cliff.

posted from my phone at the airport

Well, the club never did shoot-offs last night. Winners, I am told, were decided via flip. The Sr. Vet lost his flip, thus he fell back and took "B" class. Today, has more bad weather and attendance has dropped off quite a bit. Addison won the Doubles Championship Sub Junior Open with a 91...

Word was last that Addison was tied for "B" class and waiting for a possible shoot-off if a Sr. Vet won his shoot-off. I am not sure they will eat tonight.

So much for broken targets. I guess rain gets them soggy. Addison finished with a 195/200 for a pretty respectable end to the Singles Championship. He did not win Sub Junior Open but at last check he was high for Class "B" and may take home some goods anyway. I should find out later. Lisa'...

At around 10:37AM the wind died down a bit because a thunderstorm blew through and left a bunch of rain in its wake. Addison said the wind reminded him of the last day of the Southern Grand (Florida) last year. The skies did look rather ominous. The following phone photo does not do it justice. http...

I had mentioned the vendor's row. There are some familiar online vendors that have storefronts at the shoot as seen below. http://www.JimCallan.com/trap/2011TNState/RecognizedVendors.jpg So, I got an update on how Addison's 96 fared... Yesterday the Sub Juniors began arriving for the Class Champions...

Just received the update. Addison finished singles with a 96. I have not heard if the wind died down or if the sun came out. I have not spoken to Addison but that is a good score, and I am sure he is happy with that performance given how the morning started with doubles and handicaps. More during to...