Loki wrote:
I find it ironic that a state that can produce something as tacky as Las Vegas, and as tawdry as Dirty Hairy Reid, can be home to a place as pretty and downright majestic as Great Basin.
I have a problem with people's overuse of the word "awesome" to describe commonplace things and occurences. It would not be out of place as an adjective for Great Basin.
Ah, shit, we were talking about an old rifle someone abandoned, weren't we?
Probably fell off someone's saddle holster.