Well, it was a gloomy,dreary,misty,and wet day in which 28 paintball toting troops came out to attack the fields at Tuxedo Ridge Ski Area. Once everyone was assembled and ready to ascend the slopes at Tuxedo Ridge, we loaded up in the 6 wheel army troop carrier and took the 4 minute ride up the mountain. During our ascent, our organizer Glenn DeSantis came up with a stunning observation. He officially notified us stating ” There is a bar in the base lodge”. Some of us had just that in mind. Once we exited the troop carrier at the summit and had our briefing from the refs, we were ready to hit the course. And that we did with two teams.
Remember Glenn’s observation about the bar, Ken fox had retained that thought so vividly that as soon as he hit the course, it was a quick 3 minutes before he let out a barage of paintballs and immediately shot another player. That earned Ken a trip to the bar only after a detour to Good Samaritan Hospital for his injury from slipping on a rock. His combat injury consisted of needing stitches for a facial laceration under the left eye. That puts Ken in the pre season injury Hall of Fame with Chuck Emery. All in all, it was a fun day of various paintball games and will definitly be continued as a annual Craigmeur event.
