Sunday

Another gorgeous day in the valley of the sun.  It was cool last  night, but I think we saw 85F today around mid-day.  It cooled off a bit in the late afternoon, just a very pleasant day to sit out.

  We drove into Phoenix and picked Gerry Canuel up to take with us to the big Arizona Fish & Game show.  It's a huge expo with lots for the outdoorsman.  Started out with lots of birds of prey, this one, a golden eagle was very impressive. 

 Moved on to the mounted shooting contest.  They had both men & women.  They ride around the arena and shoot out 10 balloons with a timer running.  The winners were very fast, something around 13 seconds with all 10 balloons shot out.  They shoot real pistols, but load them with black powder, so it is the sparks that actually burst the balloons.  They ride the horses pretty close to flat out, is pretty impressive.

 Lots of firearms manufacturers set up booths.  They display all their shooting hardware, both long guns and pistols.  Interested people can fire them from the back of the booths for a charge per shot.  It was uncomfortable just walking past at times when someone was firing a magnum.

 They had a great snake display, all of which were venomous except for this big boa constrictor.  There was no front on the cage and this guy was as big round as most peoples upper leg.  It had a big head and just kept watch as people reached in to touch it.  One huge snake.  They had cobras, rattlers, even had a black mamba, one of the deadliest snakes in the world. 

 They also had gila's and iguana's, just sitting out on a table.  They could have easily just ran around.





  After on the way back we stopped at some shops.  Marg went in to Saks Fifth avenue store in the Biltmore fashion center.  My first time in one of these, but she was looking at some Prada sandals that were $750.  They also had a lot of exclusive handbags each set out in their own display area.  I think Marg was afraid if she bought one, she wouldn't have any money to put in it.  LOL  She was also in a Nordstorm Rack, which is their clearance store.  They had jeans for only $115 a pair, in fact they had Diesel jeans for only $99, would have taken Bill there had we known what a good deal they had, LOL.