I am back from my vacation paid for by
www.huskyextreme.com www.huskyuntamed.com which was 2 days/3 nights at the High Lonesome Ranch
www.thehighlonesomeranch.com where I competed in the Husky Extreme challenge 2. I came in 2nd. I didnt win the grand prize (which was $2000, a Polaris ATV, a personal watercraft for each person) but I did win a camping package for me and one for my mom (a Coleman camping package that includes one Coleman three room dome tent, two Coleman North Rim 0° Mummy Sleeping Bags, one Coleman digital compass, two Coleman folding chairs with cooler and Coleman 24- pc Enamelware and cutlery set, ARV $411.46.) We also got to keep the 2 gps units we used during the competition.
I had pics but I lost my camera on a connector flight.
This sweeps trip was so great. Korman Marketing bought me an extra seat on all flights. They also sent me baggage check certificates in the form of 4 $40 visa cards that ended up paying for gas, parking, meals during layovers, batteries for the camera I lost, and even a little get back in teh routine money here at home.
The High Lonesome gave us a stocked guest house with a large tv, pool table, poker table, a fridge stocked with soda and beer, US Smokeless tobacco stocked us some vodka, rum, gin, and wine. My first evening there playing pool within the first hour I look out the back window and there is a 8 point buck mule deer standing not 10 feet from the house in the back yard.
Each evening we had cocktails and appetizers around a firepit where I was drinking mixed vodka drinks watching pheasant come out of the grass field not 15 yards away and deer were playing and feeding not 50 yards away with the Grand Mesa mountains in the background. We would then have a chef prepared meal. I had my first lamb here. Trout, filet migon, fresh bread every night, strawberry shortcake, chocolate bread pudding, chocolate/walnut cookies, salad with goats cheese and walnuts.
Each morning we had a grandma made meal I remember french toast fried in butter with maple syrup, scrambled eggs with cheese, sticky buns, cheesy grits, fresh raspberries, watermelon, blueberries, bacon, smoked sausage.
The ranch loaned us two souped up golf carts to ride around in along with a few mountain bikes to explore.
The contest itself on Saturday we were given gps units and showed how to use them. We then took one of the hardest tests I've ever taken. A multiple choice and true/false test about sports trivia. I've never kept up with sports too much and this covered hockey, football, baseball, auto racing, bike racing, running, olympics, with a very few hunting/fishing/survival questions. Me and mom ending up scoring 52/100.
Sunday we were given our 52 coordinates for the 52 questions we got right and I was let loose at 8 am to walk around to find keys (3 inch x 1 inch x inch blocks) in a .75 mile area square. On the gps it looked like the keys were right next to each other but when I walked it out they were like 20 yards apart, 50 yards apart, .20 miles apart. I walked almost the full 6 hours looking for keys and ended up finding 15. The team that won ran the whole 6 hours or most of it and found 29. The master outdoorsman we were competeing against for a free vacation back to the High Lonesome ran the whole thing and found 32.
Even tho I didnt really have a chance to win (I took my disabled blind mom on the trip) I was pleased to come in 2nd and if I had just won the vacation it would have been worth it to go. I told them if I ever won some money I'd be coming back on a vacation to hunt and/or fish.
A big thanks to Husky and US Smokeless tobacco, The High Lonesome Ranch, and to Korman Marketing Group.
Jason
