The Gila is a nice area and a good place to find elk. It's also pretty rugged in many places down there.

We haven't got down to -18 yet this year but have had a few nights that dropped down below -10. Itdoes warm up some during the days. The last few afternoons got up to close to freezing but it gets windy in the afternoons too. When the sun is out and the wind is calm I don't even need a jacket, but if there are clouds and/or wind it gets down right cold.

Thegun club range I go to is located on the back side of a hill that I have to drive over. The problem is that the road going over the hill is on the north side of the hill and has trees lining both sides. It gets very little sun and takes forever to melt off. I've never seen them plow the road either so getting there can be tough. If we don't get any significant snow out of this next system I will try to get in there next week, I need to go check out my new GPH barrel before I go crazy.