Do any of you have hobbies that you bring to help with down time?

Back when I was OTR I would sit down with a deck of cards or a set of dominoes and see if I could instigate a game.

 

Drone videos.

I took this timelapse while stuck in Denver

 

If you check the Politics section on this site. You can see what I spend much of my time on. What is most important.
Otherwise... Been OTR for 5 years. I almost died 25 years ago. Lost everything. Four years ago, I had a load put off in Montana. So I went on a fly fishing float trip. Decided to get back into fly fishing. Kept rods in truck. Nothing much worked out. Was driving out of Denver. They got all kinds of problems in Colorado. They ain't got no problems in Montana. They'll work out anything with you. Pick you up at a truck stop. No problem. ... Anyways... I just switched jobs to a dedicated coast to coast run. I get though Montana every other week. I can work it so I can have a day of fishing anywhere in Montana on that week. Got a float trip booked now.

 

I grow carnivorous plants for fun and profit, I work on computers, I play with my dogs, and I perpetually work on my landscaping and house.

 

Hell it doesn't take long to spend money on gun stuff. I reload and cast my own handgun bullets. I can shoot my 45"s cheaper then shooting 22"s. I cast 3030 and 45/70 and let the grandkid blast away. I have about 1200lbs of wheel weights and I also recycle them from my back yard range. The main problem is finding large rifle primers in todays age.

 

Do you stop at the Silver Dollar? I love that place.
A few times I would plan my trip so I could grab a motel room for a day, and grab some stuff for the kids.
Sometimes they have some very cool t-shirts. My all time favorite is the Bat-Moose t-shirt.

 

Clark Fork? I was hookin cutthroat on the St Regis this mornin

 

Good for you. I'll give my real answer since I'm sippin on some vodka.

I have way too many hobbies. I bring em on the road with me. Tonight, I'm camping in Montana. I keep all my camping gear in the truck.

I love fishing, so I keep two fly rods and all the gear.

I like floating rivers, especially whitewater. So I've got my kayak and all the gear in the truck.

I really like to hike, so i keep 2 packs in the truck, and get in some miles whenever possible.

I enjoy taking pictures, so i keep my camera and associated gear in the truck.

Fall and winter I throw a shotgun in the truck along with my duck calls.

A more recent addidtion is my motorcycle. It helps facilitate all the above.

Cheers

 

casting my own bullets is not something i have gotten into.........yet.........and may not actually.

i have limited space in my basement for any more stuff related to my hobby.

also too, my blood level is kinda high, at like 29....it was 33, then dropped to 17, now back up again.

i wear latex gloves for cleaning and reloading.......but it might be from the dust, when i sweep up the range floor, so i started wearing a N95 mask.

right now, i have no problems finding primers.

they have been available, albeit more now than maybe what you paid for them 1 to 4 years ago.

me being "new" to reloading, i have no knowledge of the past costs, so to pay like $80 for 1,000 primers is "normal"

gunpowder prices are coming down to, right now, i have 8 lbs of Tite Group, i was able to obtain a few months ago.