Texas vacation pics(56K beware)

[m1marty]

I got back a short time ago from a much needed vacation. After landing in Denver, my dad picked me up and we motored back to Colorado Springs. Early the next day we loaded up his new 2008 Dodge 2500 Bighorn 4X4. The new 6.7 Cummins and 6spd combo is a MONSTER! This pic is from when we got to our end destination but it shows how it was loaded the whole trip. Doing 90mph up Raton Pass and having lots of pedal left is fun.
Showing off the motor.

Our first stop was Lake Meredeth National Park near Amarillo.
Goofing around camp

My brothers and I

Donuts on the river bottom

We decided doing 85mph+ on the bikes was boring so we came up with this. Snow sled being hauled behind the 4X4 at approx. 45mph+.

Speedo was reading 53mph at this point.

 

[m1marty]

Uh oh

The party keeps going

Vomit and river water

I'm going to need a minute

 

[m1marty]

After spendy some time at the NP, we motored down to Sonora, TX to see some family and get some hunting in. I'm still waiting on some more pics but here are a few.
Range time

More range time

Tooling around

Came up a bit short on this one.....ouch.

More speed = longer flight time

Making steaks, sausage and home made pork rinds.:thumbup:

 

[fixer27]

Sweet M1, what do you put on those pork rinds? I haven't heard of Home Made rinds before.

And did the girl outshoot you.....

 

[T.K.C.]

It looks like you all had a GREAT time!!! Thanks for sharing pix! :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[m1marty]

Sweet M1, what do you put on those pork rinds? I haven't heard of Home Made rinds before.

And did the girl outshoot you.....

Home made rinds:
Huge cast iron kettle that has been in the family since time began. It is beyond "seasoned". Tripod propane burner. Approx 30lbs of pig skin, trim fat how you want. Bucket o' lard. Grandmas spices for one batch (she won't say what they are but my purple face and inability to breathe suggest habeneros) Vegetable oil. Throw in a few scoops of lard, oil, pigskin and whatever spices you want. Bring to a slow boil, stirring often. Do this for an entire afternoon (smells awesome) and the end result is fried porkrinds. Way better than what you can buy in the store. My stepdads family has been doing this since time began as well.:thumbup:
And no, the girl did not out shoot me. The rifle I had in that pic was a Winchester lever gun in 45-70.

 

[fixer27]

Home made rinds:
Huge cast iron kettle that has been in the family since time began. It is beyond "seasoned". Tripod propane burner. Approx 30lbs of pig skin, trim fat how you want. Bucket o' lard. Grandmas spices for one batch (she won't say what they are but my purple face and inability to breathe suggest habeneros) Vegetable oil. Throw in a few scoops of lard, oil, pigskin and whatever spices you want. Bring to a slow boil, stirring often. Do this for an entire afternoon (smells awesome) and the end result is fried porkrinds. Way better than what you can buy in the store. My stepdads family has been doing this since time began as well.:thumbup:

Man, those Habeneros will go ninja on you, we used to have contest, chew up a Habenero and see who reached for their beer last...fun stuff!


So they are more boiled then deep fried?

And no, the girl did not out shoot me. The rifle I had in that pic was a Winchester lever gun in 45-70.

Says you... Those 10-22's are nice little pieces...

That looked like a 30-30 or something, was the little guy on the Atv a nephew?

It looked like a blast Marty, I liked how the fellas with the big hats and rifles had their pistols tied down...a bit of a difference if ya know what I mean?

 

[m1marty]

Habeneros are horrible! Call me a wuss but I can't eat more than a few small helpings of them. My grandma makes hot sauce as follows:
-Whole Habeneros
-Vinegar
-Garden sourced tomatoes, onions, whole jalapenos
That's it.
The rinds are first boiled in the oil/lard and then brought up to a bit higher temp and fried with more lard. They are truly excellent!
That 10-22 has seen (by grandpas carton ends) in excess of 100K rounds. Keeps going, all stock parts. It's older than I am IIRC. The 45-70 is one of Winchesters saddle ring carbines. Very handy, hard hitting rifle. The little girl on the ATV is my niece.

As far as the "pistoleros"- they're my uncles and my stepdad. They're all hard, tough men and the guy in the white shirt (Uncle Joe) was a fast draw shooter back in the day. All are vets from various wars and there has been some talks of grandpa being a Pachuco in his younger years. Visiting down there is kinda like getting stuck in a time warp of sorts. It's like being in an old west novel (if you can ignore the modern trappings)

 

[fixer27]

Habeneros are horrible! Call me a wuss but I can't eat more than a few small helpings of them. My grandma makes hot sauce as follows:
-Whole Habeneros
-Vinegar
-Garden sourced tomatoes, onions, whole jalapenos
That's it.

Okay...wuss...sounds a bit like they need salt and a touch of sugar, but far be it from me to cross Granny's Habeneros recipe..I'm crazy, not stupid...

The rinds are first boiled in the oil/lard and then brought up to a bit higher temp and fried with more lard. They are truly excellent!

Add Beer and you are a By God American!!!!

That 10-22 has seen (by grandpas carton ends) in excess of 100K rounds. Keeps going, all stock parts. It's older than I am IIRC. The 45-70 is one of Winchesters saddle ring carbines. Very handy, hard hitting rifle. The little girl on the ATV is my niece.

Those 10-22's are nice rifles, IMO everyone should have one, the 45-70 is a buffalo soldier cartridge, it's what Custer's boys had at little Big Horn...

Nice, but a bit expensive, even back in the day <cough..cough..> cartridges were about 2.00 a pop...

As far as the "pistoleros"- they're my uncles and my stepdad. They're all hard, tough men and the guy in the white shirt (Uncle Joe) was a fast draw shooter back in the day. All are vets from various wars and there has been some talks of grandpa being a Pachuco in his younger years. Visiting down there is kinda like getting stuck in a time warp of sorts. It's like being in an old west novel (if you can ignore the modern trappings)

I understand, backwoods NC was a bit like that... a different era...

Funny, go out in rural nowhere, even overseas, folks are not that different in what they do.

And Pachuca? Doesn't that mean a double minded a bit?

And M1, falling off of a boogeyboard at 45 miles an hour while buzzing off of 7 or 8 beers will do that to you....just sayin'...

 

[m1marty]

Pachuco. Mexican gangster during the 30's and 40's.
The river pics were taken right after breakfast (approx. 0800) I was already 'faced. Dad was laughing because I had donated my share to the river. Something about camping, BBQ and dirtbikes/4wheelers brings out the alcholic in me, lol.

 

[fixer27]

Pachuco. Mexican gangster during the 30's and 40's.
The river pics were taken right after breakfast (approx. 0800) I was already 'faced. Dad was laughing because I had donated my share to the river. Something about camping, BBQ and dirtbikes/4wheelers brings out the alcholic in me, lol.

So you filled your camelback with Bud and commenced to drinking at 0800?

Excellent. carry on!

For me, Bombay Sapphire while on vacation...

 

[Rick in KY]

Looks like you had some well deserved quality time with the family. :thumbup:

Bag any hogs?

 

[texastonydobbs]

Great pics bro....