B'alrahg, Steel, and I attended the Trinity Park shoot this morning. 'Rahg
and I volunteered to referee. An interesting experience. A lot more work
that anticipated. We enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Two quick games of capture the flag, with an ammo box on a trail halfway
between the two sides. I (perhaps not so wisely) decided to hang out near
the ammo box in the first game - bad move as I barely had sufficient cover
to protect my butt from the INTENSE fire fight. I had, to be honest, placed
myself in a crossfire. I did get to see the winning team belly crawl through
thick brush to snag the box, avoiding the trail entirely. An impressive
move.

We had a Predator game, that went very well. Mr. Noble did a fine job luring
his pursuers across the bridge into Little Viet Hell. Things got real ugly
back in them thick bushes, with two or three groups of roving predators
hunting down the last few remaining humans. Keep an eye out for a photo of
Noble fording the creek to get to his prey. (Yep, the creek was full this
time, which doesn't seem to be that big a deterrent to some).

The last game was a retrieval. We placed a box of rocks (can't make it too
easy) out in the woods and told the two teams to go fetch. It was a
regeneration game, so getting shot out wasn't the end. Lots of good small
running fire fights while the two teams tried to find the box and avoid each
other. The box was delivered to the end point with seconds left.

Overall - I had a great time. "Rahg and I shot a few rolls of film - we
should have some great shots out of this. Mad Ivan showed up again to
provide air, balls, chronograph, etc. His lady friend helped with some
distasteful cast off disposal. Thanks to both of you.

Hope everybody enjoyed themselves as much as I did.

BTW - stop shooting the referee. That smarts.

Bill Burks
Venus, Texas