Black Hills Barb

We have unlimited dry camping with limited electric at the Pennsylvania State Championship, which will become the Northeast Regional next year. Generators are allowed. The camping area is pretty much on top of a mountain with beautiful sunrises and sunsets.

I only met him once. He was our posse marshal at EOT when it was still at Founders Ranch. He was a great guy. He's in good company in that posse in the sky. We lost our friend Frenchy Wolf this morning.

'round these parts the water gets so cold it gets hard, so hard you can ride a toboggan on it. Hugs right back to ya from the mountains!

I love dealing with the SASS office. They are always ready to answer any question and offer assistance. It's a nice office/museum too. Stop in if you are ever in their neighborhood.

I have outdoor lines and I have wooden racks. I call it my Amish clothes drying system. I use those methods more than I use my dryer.

If you are worried about shrinkage - cold water wash and line dry is your best bet. Neither linen or cotton should be washed in anything other than cold water.

My suggestion is to wear 100% cotton in light colors. I make shirts. I'm a Classic Cowgirl and I wear what I make. I will tell you that it's cooler for me to wear light colors and lightweight cotton than anything short sleeved or sleeveless. I often do not even roll my sleeves up. It's important to keep the direct sunlight off your skin to feel cooler. A bandana that you can wet down is helpful. I've been to matches where I've dunked my bandana in the water coolers on every stage. In our part of the country, we can have 90+ degrees with humidity that matches. It definitely takes more than just a shirt to keep cool.

Just let us Classic Cowgirls alone, unless you count a fake mustache as one of the requirements.

May 22-24, 2026 (Memorial Day Weekend) We'll be taking registrations for approximately another month for North Mountain Shootout XXVII - the state championships of both Wild Bunch and Cowboy Action Shooting. Next year our range will become the home of the Northeast Regional Championship of CAS and the Territorial Championship of WB. If you haven't been to our range before, this a a good time to come check it out. Registration forms and more info can be found HERE.

Ruby Red Rider makes nice buckle boards so that you can display them. txr3designs.com

We're keeping our fingers crossed that we can get to the range. That deep snow and 2 weeks of freezing weather has kept us out. Last year we worked almost all winter. This year Mother Nature blocked us out good!

I worked at the Great American Outdoor Show with Ruby yesterday and discussed this with her. Sadly, there will NOT be a 2026 Northeast Regional at the Middletown Sportsmen’s Club. She will look at the website and contact someone to remove the registration form from the site. I'm sorry to be the one to pass this news on to all those who held hopes for having one last NE regional at there. Beginning next year my club, El Posse Grande, will be the new host of the Northeast Regional. I do hope that you will join us for the first regional to be held there. Also, my thanks go out to my friend, Frontier Lone Rider, for bringing this error to everyone's attention, preventing further confusion.

We are heading out Pittsburgh way on Friday with plans to go to West Overton Village. West Overton Distilling is where Old Overholt was made. Doc Holliday's favorite drink was Old Overholt rye whiskey. We're not sure how much we'll get to see but we can always return. It's about 3 hours from our home in eastern PA. We'll likely have a bucket list of more places to see on our next road trip.

Let me know if you want pics of stages 7 & 9. I'll see if I can find them. If not, I can just take a pic of each without the targets. Thank you for the nice coverage of our match. It was great to see you again and spend a little more time with you. BTW, you were on a terrific posse. Tom, Travis, Pike & Mike are among the best there is in my book. I hope we cross paths on the trail again sometime. Did you use the QR code to see match pics? There must be over a thousand of them by now.

If and when you make it to PA you'll get to see him and, hear his harmonica playing, again. I can always count on Tom and that crew to be at our match. They are the BEST!

May 23-25, 2025

Cowtown Scout, Listen to Double Tap Taylor! He won't steer you wrong. We would love to have you at the PA State match. It's actually a twofor now. We just got the word today that we are also hosting the Wild Bunch State Championship. WB will be on Friday and the CAS match will be on Saturday and Sunday. Monday will be my sleep all day time!

It's likely you'll be meeting and shooting with some of my friends in both NY and Maine. Many of them attend the PA match, too. Safe travels!

That's a pretty nice goal to have! I hope you can make it to PA where I will likely be the only CCG in a picture with you and the rest of the Classic Cowboys.

Happy Valley Harlot, Black Hills Barb, Doc Allan Wood We accomplished the "Family Triple Play" 1st in class, Clean match, and top 16 for each of us. Plus Happy Valley Harlot received a best costume award.

My husband found an article from EOT 1985. This was long before our cowboy days. Enjoy!

SASS Alias: Black Hills Barb SASS #: 34171 Where you are from: Allenwood, PA How long you’ve been Cowboy Action Shooting: 18 years

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I signed up! Did you?

I will contact those that I know have shown interest in working the event and request that they contact you. Put my name down! Thank you!!!!! I think this venue is a great place to recruit new members.