Ah, now THATS a weekend!

Saturday I managed to get out and go for a 140mi ride on the ST1300. I managed to turn a normally 30min trip into a 2.5hr adventure! county roads are so much more fun then the highway.
By the time I got home, the temp had dropped 11*F and the wind was forcing me to lean the bike way over.

Sunday my Pathfinder club (think Royal Rangers, boy/girl scouts) went down to Carl Chandler's Law Enforcement Academy for some firearms and self-defense instruction.
We had kids ranging in age from 13-17, both boys and girls.

Started the day off with a "This is what I've done" from Carl Chandler and continued into the rules of the range.
We then took the kids down to the three (handgun, rifle and shotgun) ranges. Went over the basic rules again, showed them how to load and handle the guns and turned them "loose." (they were still under very close supervision)

They took turns with the weapons and continued rotating around to the three ranges and trying their hand at the options. We had .22LR, 9mm, .40cal, .45cal pistols. Shotguns ranged from 410 to 12ga, rifles were all .22LR. one of the instructors brought out his AR-15 for us to shoot a few rounds through. And Carl brought out his Savage 10FP .308 rifle for some of us to shoot.

Let me tell you, that Savage was VERY addicting to shoot! I only put four rounds through it and I'm really wanting one! too bad I can't afford to get it any time soon. Someday!

Kids had a great time and we brought all of them back so it was a safe day.