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Old 01-17-2016 | 09:35 AM
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Gray Beard
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From: Hemderson, NV
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It is a little town outside the west gate of Yosemite, about 40 minutes outside of the park, Mariposa. I was there a few months ago and the town has gotten a bit bigger, well a bit different is more like it. Not far from Visalia.
When I was still able to walk I hunted quail 3 days a week in Mariposa then hunted waterfowl in the central valley three days a week.
I traveled around central Ca. shooting trap and skeet then all over the state flying at IMAA events.
No more IMAA and I can't walk far enough to hunt quail so I will just hunt waterfowl and fish the high mountain lakes.
I got very spoiled here in Vegas flying RC. Dry lake beds every place you look and we have a couple of the really nice fields that are operated by parks and recreation. I'm just down the road from where the TOC was started, Bennett field and I'm just a few blocks away from Bennetts first home. The home is gone but his runway is still in good condition.
In Ca. I have to drive down to the valley and fly at the Merced club. There are a few others though. Fresno is a really nice one but these are all a long drive.
Who knows, maybe we can get the old Mariposa club going again?