Memorial Day weekend photo contest (show us your outing)

[Alan]

Hello everyone,

Memorial Day weekend is here and we will love to see how you're spending it outdoors.

Post your best photo from your weekend outing in this thread and tell us the story behind it. The post with the most reactions wins a free one year Gold membership renewal!

Deadline is 27th May 2026
Post your entry right away then also show some love to other members' posts. Let’s engage and keep the thread alive!

The winner will be announced next Friday

 

[Mokaa]

I’ve been dealing with migraines lately, so I’m taking it easy indoors instead of traveling this weekend.

 

[Billinthedesert]

Not much travel for me either. Shot for a few minutes at the Grant County range, then drove up to Fort Bayard National Cemetery to pay my respects, but couldn't enter because I had firearms in my truck. It's an immaculate cemetery and the resting place of more than 6,000 soldiers sailors and airmen, with graves dating to the Apache wars. Two Medal of Honor recipients rest here:

Sergeant Alonzo Bowman (Indian Wars). He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company D, 6th U.S. Cavalry, for actions at Cibicu Creek, Arizona Territory, August 30, 1881. He died in 1885 and is buried in Section A, Row I, Site 31.

Sergeant John Schnitzer (Indian Wars). He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Troop G, 4th U.S. Cavalry, for actions at Horseshoe Canyon, New Mexico Territory, April 23, 1882. Schnitzer died in 1904 and is buried in Section AO, Site 43.

 

[Alan]

Not much travel for me either. Shot for a few minutes at the Grant County range, then drove up to Fort Bayard National Cemetery to pay my respects, but couldn't enter because I had firearms in my truck. It's an immaculate cemetery and the resting place of more than 6,000 soldiers sailors and airmen, with graves dating to the Apache wars. Two Medal of Honor recipients rest here:

Sergeant Alonzo Bowman (Indian Wars). He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company D, 6th U.S. Cavalry, for actions at Cibicu Creek, Arizona Territory, August 30, 1881. He died in 1885 and is buried in Section A, Row I, Site 31.

Sergeant John Schnitzer (Indian Wars). He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Troop G, 4th U.S. Cavalry, for actions at Horseshoe Canyon, New Mexico Territory, April 23, 1882. Schnitzer died in 1904 and is buried in Section AO, Site 43.

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That's a day well spent!

 

[Alan]

Congratulations to @Billinthedesert ,your post got the most community reactions and earned you a free 1-year Gold Membership renewal.
We'll be doing more community contests soon. Thanks again everyone for checking the thread out.

 

[Billinthedesert]

Alan, thank you. Here is a view of graves at Fort Bayard National Cemetery after we laid wreaths last Christmas. What an honor to help.

 

[Alan]

Alan, thank you. Here is a view of graves at Fort Bayard National Cemetery after we laid wreaths last Christmas. What an honor to help.

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This is a powerful sight. Helping place wreaths at a national cemetery is a meaningful way to honor those who served and it's something to be proud of. Thank you for sharing that experience.