Weekend in Canada: shooting and a barbecue
News ·Sunday August 18, 2013 @ 22:14 EDT (link)
We drove up to Canada Friday for the first time since moving to Indiana; I took a half-day vacation and we left a little after noon, driving via Toledo, Detroit, and then across southern Ontario on the 401, getting in before 2200. We finished a (3D) movie with dad, Rebecca, and Theo, who were leaving that night.
Saturday morning I went to the Silverdale range with Jon Yade; he shot his bow; I was going to, but it really didn't align right for me, being left-handed and custom-fit to his draw, so we moved on to the H&K SL8, which we were sighting-in at 60 yards. Jon had an EOTech red dot on it, like I have on my AR-15 (I also have a 3x magnifier, he did not). It was a little tricky since his binoculars weren't magnified enough for me to see the hits well; I wish I had brought my spotting scope with me. We did borrow the guy on the next bench's scope, but that wasn't real convenient. Also: strange Canadian rule: you can't even look through optics (even not attached to a firearm, like binoculars) during a ceasefire, or have them pointed downrange. We did manage to get his rifle a lot closer to being zeroed, but given the situation it wasn't as convenient as we hoped.
Honey and dad and I had planned a barbecue for the afternoon; we bought some steaks, and Jon accepted an invitation to stay, and had corn and potatoes; a great late lunch. Jon had to leave afterward; we rented Amazing Spider-Man (3D) to watch that evening, which was pretty well done.
On Sunday we went to Thorold South, saw the Trotters, and Jon was at the second meeting; Gary McBride spoke. We went home to eat—Honey made chicken Teriyaki in the crock-pot, and dad took us for ice-cream at Avondale on our way out to the 401. We got in around 2300—wanted to be able to spend some time and not have to go right to sleep.
Books finished: Debugging, Chapterhouse: Dune, The Leader-Manager, The Bell Jar.
