Winter Archery

Received my notification from JBER about the proficiency test for the winter Moose hunt on base.  I will make the proficiency shoot on Saturday August 13 at 10:00 AM.  If it is a similar setup to last time it shouldn't be a big deal.  The only real difference is that the shoot will be near the Rangemasters office on Ft Rich instead of the Rabbit Creek range.  Still the same scoring, 4 kills on 5 targets at some distance under 30 yds.

Still not sure how these blogs work. How do I follow someone else? How do others find me?

February Something

We're in Cactus Country RV park till next week, then on to Mexico.

Jim was headed north and we are headed south so we decided to hangout together here for a few days. It's a nice Park with a pool and hot tub. Nice laundry facility, a playground for the kids and a rec center for different group activities.

Jim and I both bought mountain bikes so we've been exploring some of the adjacent desert. It's not nearly as friendly as it appears. If it looks hard and pointy..it is. If it looks soft and fuzzy...it's probably hard and pointy. So far so good.

Christmas is over, today is the first day of the new year and we are on the road Saturday. Lots of last minute preps to get the pickup and trailer ready to go.

Talked with Uncle today, he is in Tucson waiting for the New Year partyers to depart before he continues on south to San Carlos.

Hopefully it won't be too cold while we drive thru Canada. Awful hard on equipment when it is 30-40 below zero. Oh well, it is a gauntlet that has to be run.

more later.

Here it is Thanksgiving and I've been remiss in my postings. Had a nice group over yesterday. Us, Malachi, Jim, Bob and Erin, Barb, Jessee, Daphne and her son Josh.

Had our home raised bird and a smoked ham. Lots of Hors d'avours & feast fixin's. Erin brought her Margarator and kept happy flowing. We all ate too much and had a good time.

Saturday the 17th Zoe had a Tang Soo Do tournament. She won a first place in forms and a third place in sparring. The sparring was an eye opener for her. They practice sparring in class, but it's not very agressive.

Sunday we had a 3D archery shoot with Cook Inlet Archers. Zoe did really well. It was 22 degrees when we started and about 9 when we wrapped up after awards. Zoe got a trophy and I won a Turkey for first place in recurve bow. Had a real nice time. Zoe met a couple new kids to play with between shooting.

better go for now.

A hot and buggy Sunday night. The mosquito magnet has been quiting on us and saying the battery is dead. Seemed strange as I charged it up and it should get enough trickle from the solar panel. Died again today and I discovered the solar panel was unplugged. Eeergh. Plugged it back in and put the charger back on, so tomorrow it should be spiffy. At least we can run it while it is charging. Being off last night and most of the day didn't help to much in our quest to lower the mosquito population though. Oh well, should life ever be perfect?

Am watching a Pink Floyd concert on the Public Broadcasting channel. Haven't seen them in a lot of years. I thnk they are just as good as ever.

Gotta go see about pie dough cookies.

4 June 2007

Here's where I'd really like to be.

Just sitting here at the kitchen table watching the sun play on the leaves. A nice breeze blowing now, though not the chubasco of a couple hours ago.

Zoe had a good time at her first day of sports camp. She said it was swimming all day. I pecked her up about 4:00 and took her to the kids play area while I went upstairs to work out. A week off being sick sure makes a difference.

Jim cooked dinner for us tonight. BBQ'd Pork Tenderloin with yams and grilled vidalia onions. Quite tasty.