Here's the latest on this shindig..
It is not likely we'll be in the new house at the time of the pmc meetup. Fuck Covid and China and everything else that contributed to the upheaval of these last 2 years of slowing the spread...
Anyway it is what it is... We are currently and tentatively planning on moving in on Tuesday 4/26. It's possible but unlikely that we'd be clear to go before that, and possible and quite likely that it will be delayed beyond that. The key things we are missing before we can apply for inspection and CofO, are plumbing trim out, driveway pavers, and fall protection (railing). These are things which have a 'hope for' completion date but we don't feel confident in for one reason or another. There are a lot of other finishing things which also need to be done, like appliances, hvac, carpet, and some other fluff stuff, but we don't anticipate any hold ups on these.
Anyway, as this relates to the meetup, if we get clearance before 4/20, but simply haven't moved in yet, I plan on moving the poker tables over and still hosting a poker game at the new place on Saturday evening. If not then we'll probably have to make do at the airbnb you guys are using. I have a portable table that could be used there.
As for the rest of the festivities, I'd suggest we do the traditional arrival meetup at the All American Sports Grill on Thursday afternoon and into the early evening, whereupon we can all head over to either our new place or to the airbnb to finish the night. My son and his 2 friends are arriving on Weds so we'll all be over there to secure a few patio tables in time for the earliest arrivals. Probably good for everyone to comment on their planned arrival day/time for this thing.
The shoot will be Friday morning and as we get closer we can fine tune the details on who goes out at the butt crack of dawn to lock in a good spot. We'll want something with a 200 yard range so I can get the dust off the 50. The rest of us should meet somewhere and go as a convoy departing no later than 8am as it will be getting damn hot by that time of year. We will also want someone to do a range safety briefing. JC has traditionally done it but he's not indicated he's attending, so maybe Quads or one of the other experts can handle that. I know most of us know the drill but lets make sure everyone is on the same page. Bring or ship ammo ahead (I can give you my address if you want to ship it here). Or if you get in early enough you can hit a local place.
We can work out other ideas for friday afternoon/eve and sat morning as we get closer. I know traditionally we have gone as a big group to the local Mexi place but they've been closed for a year due to staffing issues and I don't expect them to be open. I can look into getting a reservation for a decent Mexican (or other) place in scottsdale. I don't know that there's much else here in FH that could accommodate 15-20 on a Friday night.
On Saturday morning/afternoon we could go as 1 group or split up and golf, gocarts, casino, nap, whatever...
tbd.
