I was out with the family on vacation this week. Visiting my in-laws in rural Ohio. No cell-phone reception and only a dial-up internet connection. I tried one time to connect here, but it wouldn't work. So, you all got a break!
Y2K and I love visiting his grandfather. He lives on some acreage, and we can shoot right in his back yard. I asked Y2K what he wanted to bring up with us, and then had to pare down the list quite a bit - we would not have been able to bring up any clothes or anything else (including his Mom and sister) if he had his way! We ended up bringing up 8 guns, not including my carry piece, and I am sad to say - embarassed to say - only one was a lever! We decided to focus on guns he couldn't shoot at an indoor range, and some .22's just for blasting fun. I will post pictures a bit later - still buried beneath tons of e-mails! But here is a short list of the week's event:
- 4 individual shooting sessions
- 8 guns shot
- YK's Little Girl got to shoot her pink-stocked .22
We all shot it - darn is that thing accurate!- Y2K got to shoot his 20 gauge for the first time
- Y2K got to shoot a .223 (AR-15) for the first time
- I got to shoot my IAC "Winchester 1887" for the first time
- Took my nephew along all four times; this is the only time he gets to shoot, so he loves us coming up
- Can't remember how many rounds we fired, but it was A LOT!!!
Everyone had fun. Only 4 sessions though, each in the afternoon, as we went fishing at Y2K's Great Aunt's pond just up the road each morning. Lots of fun there too - 86er has created a monster with Y2K and fishing. Will need to post those pictures too. Lots of panfish we caught and threw back. A few small bass. Kept 5 large-mouth bass large enough to eat and they tasted great. The boys almost landed a lunker of a catfish one day.
So basically, a boys heaven. Fishing and shooting each and every day. It's a miracle we got Y2K back into the truck for the drive home yesterday!
