One more Trip memory I can share: I was invited to his family cabin at Clear Lake (I think?) when we were probably freshman or sophmores. Although very familar and comfortable with firearms now, I was a novice then and it could have had tragic consequences. We did some target shooting and plinking with a .22LR revolver and rifle and with a .410 shotgun. When we got back to the cabin we were going to clean the guns and I aimed the .22 rifle up at the ceiling just horsing around. Well, I thought the rifle was empty and it wasn't. I fired a round, the last round, and it hit the ceiling and Trip hit the roof, metaphorically speaking, and almost hit me over my stupid head. We got out a ladder and spent the next 45 minutes trying to find where or if that bullet exited the roof. We never did. It was probably forever lodged in the ceiling decking. Needless to say, I learned the first rule of handling a firearm on that day. Trip lived another 53 years in spite of my thoughtless stupidity. Al
Al Forster
So sorry to learn about Trip's death. See my posting on John Fefley's Memory site. It's mostly about Trip. Al Forster
Al Forster
One more Trip memory I can share: I was invited to his family cabin at Clear Lake (I think?) when we were probably freshman or sophmores. Although very familar and comfortable with firearms now, I was a novice then and it could have had tragic consequences. We did some target shooting and plinking with a .22LR revolver and rifle and with a .410 shotgun. When we got back to the cabin we were going to clean the guns and I aimed the .22 rifle up at the ceiling just horsing around. Well, I thought the rifle was empty and it wasn't. I fired a round, the last round, and it hit the ceiling and Trip hit the roof, metaphorically speaking, and almost hit me over my stupid head. We got out a ladder and spent the next 45 minutes trying to find where or if that bullet exited the roof. We never did. It was probably forever lodged in the ceiling decking. Needless to say, I learned the first rule of handling a firearm on that day. Trip lived another 53 years in spite of my thoughtless stupidity. Al