February 22, 2010

President's day

Last Monday I had the day off. Which meant after a long winter it was time to play in the desert. We recently replaced the tierod on the Jimmy, but then discovered it had electrical issues. Frank fixed that on Sunday, so we thought we were good to go.

Frank's buddy from Northern Cali came down with his girlfriend over the long weekend. We planned an offroading adventure with them, but only John came along. We opted to take the Suburban, too, in case we ran into any electrical issues. Frank wasn't convinced they were 100% corrected. The first turn onto the trail jacked up our steering. This was a previous problem that we thought would be fixed by replacing the new tie rod, it all seemed okay, that is until we hit the trail head.

We pressed on and stopped to do some shooting. It's been far too long, my aim was pretty crummy. Most things don't come natural to me - I gotta use it or lose it. Still, it was fun. I'll get back into the swing of it in no time. It'll just take some practice.














After the 9mm, the guys shot some clays. I finally caught one in mid-air just as it's shattering from being hit. It's the dust cloud in the top right. Click for the fullsize image.


Check out the damage to this can of rootbeer.









That wraps up our shooting. We then piled in the trucks and set off for some mild 4-wheeling. More to come tomorrow.

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