Frozen Paintball

James and I headed up to Andy's Land in Wilderness Park which is just east the town of Leader, MN. We arrived around 1pm to 30 degree weather and snow which is fine because we have the equipment to camp in this kind of weather plus we brought up a lot of fire wood to keep us warm. After finding out that everyone that was suppose to come up that night wasn't we decided to ditch the cold, head into Leader and check out it's only bar. We walked in and it was like time stood still. All of the locals were just staring at us, Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead or Alive was playing on the jukebox and NASCAR prequilifing racing was on the TV. Basically we were a fish out of water up in their neck of the woods. I was a little disappointed that the bottle beers cost $2.75 each. I would have thought it would have been cheaper considering we are up in the middle of no mans land. After a few beers and playing the little computer game at that bar we headed back to camp. Luckily I had my tent heater and I stayed toasty warm that night. James on the other hand was a little chilly when the mercury dipped down to 28 degrees with winds hauling ass around 30 MPH.

We wake up the next morning with a flurry of white snow on the ground. We decided to keep warm and head up to Walker to check our Reeds Sporting Goods. By the time we got back quite a few people arrived. We started to gather and chop up some fire wood for the cold night ahead. Some alcoholic beverages were consumed that night.

Next morning (Saturday) we woke up to 24 degrees. At 1pm it was finally warm enough (40 degrees) to play paintball. The cold weather had some effect on the paintballs overnight causing them to create dimples. This causes havoc on the markers because they might burst in the barrel. Luckily I didn't break a ball with my Spyder marker. We only got to play for a few hours before the temps dropped. Once again with nothing to do we decided to enjoy some alcohol. It was a grand ole time around the fire pit with joking and tom foolery coming from every direction. We will have to wait until the 2nd weekend in May for spring paintball. Hopefully it will not be as cold then.



A snowy mess.


The best place to get hit by a paintball. And yes this is me.


The flags of camp CCCP were flying.

Here is a good video of James getting owned by a dead birch tree. Alcohol was a factor.
-MikeyB