Well, maybe not. It would have been far better for her name to pop up on a Ford, GM or Chrysler product.
As of this writing, I can not recall seeing one of these on the road. But I’ll be looking . . .
Bob
Sharing Targets at the Range
When we go to the range to practice, we generally share a target. We use one for the revolvers and generally change it out when we switch to the 9mm pistols. Most of the time when a target gets perforated to the point of not being able to see where the rounds are going, we will paste on one of those fluorescent glows-where-you-hit-it targets. For shotguns, we put up 2 x 3 foot silhouette targets.
Although we generally know who is hitting where on the target, there is some ambiguity. At the end of the video here you will see that even though there are shots all over the target, we are collectively getting pretty good at hitting the center a lot of the time.
The Eyes Have It
Bear is such a faithful and gentle dog. She was watching me take pictures in the back yard when I turned and shot this one of her. I had the zoom set for close up, and luckily got her face centered in the frame.
After the Rain
We did a little shopping this morning after the overnight rain. We got some sports equipment at Big 5 and some gun cleaning and target practice supplies at Turner’s Outdoorsman. Having nothing else to do and since it was early, we decided to head down to the Palos Verdes Peninsula. it was certain to be clear after the rainfall. We weren’t disappointed – we had crystal clear views of Santa Catalina Island and all the way out to Santa Barbara Island. We posed for this picture at the Point Vicente Interpretive Center with the lighthouse in the background. Click for the full-sized picture.
Island Patrol
When you are on an island, everything you consume has to be barged over from the mainland. In the case of groceries and gasoline, the entire delivery truck is loaded onto the barge and brought to the island and barged back empty. This causes the prices for such commodities to go way up.
While you can’t cut down on groceries and such, you can do something about fuel consumption. In order to cope with 5-dollar-per-gallon-plus gas prices, most Catalina Island residents drive small golf-cart sized vehicles since the town is rather small. You also see motor scooters and we saw a Segway while we were there.
One interesting vehicle we saw was this electric motorized stand-up three-wheeled solution which the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department uses to patrol the streets of Avalon. Click the image for a very big close-up.
