• Winterfest — Eat some red meat, drink a few brewskis and take in a Warren Miller movie.
Sounds like good fun to me. And since all of the money is going to winter sports at Hurricane Ridge, it’s for a good cause as well.
For more information on the event, set for tonight and Saturday in Port Angeles, read the opening of today’s outdoors column on Page B1.
• Rainy hike — Just because it’s a little rainy (OK, a lot rainy) doesn’t mean you have to stay inside all weekend.
As long as the winds stay at a reasonable level, a good hike through the woods is always a good way to spend the day, even a wet one.
A 6.8-mile round trip trek along the Upper Dungeness to Camp Handy is especially conducive given the collection of 200-foot Douglas fir trees that line it.
• Shooting match — The Peninsula Rifle and Pistol Club will hold a rimfire pistol match at its range, located at 2604 W. 18th St. in Port Angeles, on Saturday at 9 a.m.
Shooters get to shoot 20 rounds in 10 minutes with any 22-millimeter handgun. The entry fee is $10, with the proceeds going to the club’s junior shooter fund.
A cash prize will be awarded to first place. Second and third place shooters get to select from an assortment of shooting accessories.
• Tie some leaders — Forget about fishing, now is the time to get ready for steelhead season.
Rather than get stuck tying leaders as you’re floating down the Sol Duc in January, get a bunch ready now.
As any good angler will tell you, the best fishermen have their gear in the water as much as possible.
• Free Favre — Perhaps I sound like a stick in the mud, but few professional athletes get my blood boiling quite like Brett Favre.
I realize he’s a “gunslinger” and that he’s “just having fun out there,” but there’s something about his average Joe persona that grates on me.
Maybe it’s because his actions — holding the Green Bay Packers hostage for years while he mulled “retirement,” forcing his way out of New York, stabbing both fan bases in the back — speak to someone who’s more of a prima dona than “one of the guys.”
It’s never an idea to bet with your heart (or hate, for that matter), but I’m taking the underdog Seahawks (+10 ½ points) against the Minnesota Vikings in Mall of America territory.
