To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year. We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds ‘n Sods Column or in the Snippets column. Let’s keep busy and be ready!
Jim Reports:
I finished the Rawles Ranch Redneck Pool cleaning project on Wedesday. That work took about nine hours, over the course of four days. It is now filled with crystal clear water, and lightly chlorinated. It should be warmed up to proper swimming temperature by tomorrow afternoon. That is good timing, since our four grandsons are arriving for a one-week stay, soon.
Today, I’m returning from a long trip to Billings, Montana. On Friday, I attended a gun show there, in the hopes of finding some pre-1899 cartridge guns to replenish our inventory at Elk Creek Company. After searching through the 200-table show, I did find just a couple of cartridge pre-1899ers that were suitable, and affordable. But they are definitely getting more scarce. The law of supply and demand is inescapable. The two pieces that I came home with were a scarce early Finn-captured M1891 7.62x54r Mosin-Nagant rifle — clearly dated 1897 on the barrel — and an original Remington-made Rolling Block Argentine contract rifle, rechambered in 11mm Mannlicher!
Now, Lily’s part of the report…
