You should come shooting with me.

[Gone in 60]

No yard has been the story of my life for 30 years. Condo life has it's benefits and its drawbacks. Not having to care for a yard gives back time that can be spent on other pursuits like fiddling with motorcycles in the garage and riding. Not having property outside of our physical house means no room for things like a shed to store more motorcycles, tools, or Mrs. G's gardening supplies. So, garage space is precious, and is a give-and-take for my car and motorcycle stuff, and her gardening stuff. It all works out.

We'll be moving into Mom's house in the not-to-distant future, and will have plenty of yard to take care of. As well as more storage, and plenty of room for Mrs' gardening stuff, not to mention a larger garden.

Getting back to a firearm vs. a bow, for me one of the attractions is the aspect of a gun being a mechanical object that can be taken apart and put back together, requiring cleaning, lubrication and care. Pieces fit together, a mechanism does things. And, since it's small, everything I need to use it can go in a bag that fits into my Givi trunk and taken to the nearby range. I don't see myself as Daryl from Walking Dead, strapping a crossbow across my back while I'm riding.