Traction Control » Travel http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org The only Spin here is provided by the rifling of the barrel. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=417 Gun Shop Kudos to Midwest Gun Exchange http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=15531 http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=15531#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 01:28:20 +0000 USCitizen http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=15531 ---

When I travel, I peek into gunshops.

I look at their stock; their arrangements; their people.  Occasionally, I am treated to an exceptionally good place to do business.

Today was one of those days.

Allow me to present:

Midwest Gun Exchange
3415 Grape Road
Mishawaka, IN

 

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Gun Shop of the Year (so far) Nominee:

Midwest Gun Exchange

Tidy!

Knowledgeable!

Great Arrangement!

Great Selection!

Ammo!

AR-15 Raffle Tickets – $10 – only 75 to be sold! (Good Pricing)

Class III SOT!

Nice Folks!!!

Traction Control‘s Rating for Midwest Gun Exchange:  A-1+

 

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Sometimes air travel has its disruptions – even on a bright and sunny day. My flight connection yesterday afternoon was to link through New York’s Kennedy airport, but as soon as our plane left the gate, the pilot shut down the engines and announced that JFK had a ground hold in effect while a ‘certain individual’ arrived for a New York fund-raiser aboard Air Force One.

What was to be a one-hour flight then turned into 4-1/2 hours trapped on the tarmac aboard a small plane where tempers increased with the temperatures on board.

Once we returned to the Terminal for refueling, it was too late to make any of the alternative connecting flights through either Kennedy or LaGuardia. My next move was to get off the plane and book a new flight via Dallas to my original destination.

Easy, peasy! A mere 23 hours after I boarded by original flight, I touched down.

America may have lost a full day of productivity from all its Eastern Seaboard traveling workers, but hey. Fundraisers are more important than the economy, right?

Right?

 

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Aerosmith drops Indonesia show over security fears

 

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The kiosks for the US Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program went dark today.

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The agent manning international border checkpoint at the DFW Airport claimed the outage was nationwide.

Seems like anything the Federal Government can control fails to work under the sequester plan. Solution? Let’s find less things that the Federal Government can control.

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Muy buen clima. 90 degrees and sunny all week!

 

 

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Steaks

Rib Eye Steak 10 oz $26

House rub marinated Angus rib eye, maitre-d butter, onion strings, Yukon gold mashed potatoes.

Yummy!

 

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Here again for most of the the week at the Santa Clara Hilton.

… with a picture of the Mount Hamilton Observatory.

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Temps to be in the mid 60′s, rising to 75 degrees by Friday.  Spring!

 

 

 

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Home again.

Took a picture of the Grand Canyon on the way, but at 33,000 feet altitude and 25 miles away it looks like a drainage ditch.

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For just 90 cents.

What a deal!

 

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62 Degrees with highs in the mid 60′s forecast through the end of the week in Fremont/San Jose, CA.

Too bad I’m always rushing to go here and there – I could have grabbed some interesting pictures along the way.

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