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We had a rocking day out, just the guys, touring guy spots.
We saw an airplane museum, the Smoky Mountain Knife Works store, where I bought a few ammo cans at a steal of a price, a Muscle Car Museum, and the Highlight of the trip for my son, the Helicopter ride.
My brother flew with Elyas and 2 other nephews, and as soon as Elyas touched down, he looked at me and said
'wanna fly the helicopter some more!'
We just finished up a great meal of burgers and hotdogs, and now it's time for a Sam Adams.
Prosit!
With the brothers.
Good times.
We're eating dinner out as a family. First cousins and closer relations only. We're missing about 10 people.
Quite the bunch, huh?
When I met up with my dad on saturday, he had a birthday present for me. 26.2 pounds of bullets, and a new handgun.
The bullets are:
About 20 rounds of my .308's favorite load, and 5 rounds of a new load he's developing.
About 400 rounds of .38 special, both target and defense.
About 250 rounds of .45 for my new handgun, both target and defense.
A midway catalog.
And my new handgun, a springfield GI .45. I took it to the range today, and the first magazine, it all went in the 10 ring, without me really having to try. I love it. It's a beautiful, classic shooter, and it's my first 1911.
Pure awesome.
I haven't been shooting with my dad and brothers since last Thanksgiving. We had an opportunity to go to one, and we slipped off.
I gave one brother the Titan .25, and the other brother brought his 9mm Ruger.
There was also a mystery gun that I got as a birthday present, but it'll have it's own post later.
At any rate, we had a ball.
We went to the Aquarium today. The boy had a great time. We saw all kind of swimmy creatures, including a sharks and that beastie in the picture.... No, not that picture! That's Paw Paw! The other beastie! Yeah, that one.
Fun stuff!
We took a cable tram over gatlinburg, the wife did some ice skating, and me and my brother and his wife made a bunch of dang meat pies for dinner.
It was busy.
It was fun.
It was just one day.
Today's gonna be another busy one.
On the way to meet the family in Tennessee, we stopped to look at some flowers.
Nice view.
A shot of the boy in a 57 chevy couch. Oh, how classy!
I started carving treen ware back in April, and this is all the pieces I've carved to date. They are in chronological order, with the uppermost being the oldest. I've posted pics of a few, but in order, they are:
4 and a half inch pear spoon. I carried this one in my haversack and have eaten with it several times.
12 and a half inch cherry spoon. It's my wife's.
14 and a half inch cherry spatula. Also my wife's. They have matching hearts. We cook with them regularly.
11 inch cherry 'no frills' spatula. It was almost perfect from the split off the log. I just rounded the ends and sharpened the 'blade'. It will go to sis-in-law Misty.
13 and a half inch cherry spatula for momma, the best stepmother ever.
12 inch maple spoon. For my grandmother, Mom D. She's the matriarch of the clan.
12 inch maple spoon. Beefier copy of Mom D's. For my sis-in-law Sonja.
12 inch maple spatula. Also for Sonja. The set is a wedding present for her and my brother.
7 inch maple spoon. It is going to replace the pear spoon as my 'kit' spoon. I'll carry it with my reenacting gear from now on.
I guess this concludes this post...
Heh! Hope ya'll enjoy the pic!
