Target Practice in the Woods
September 26th (Thursday) We were pleasantly surprised to wake up to some blue sky. We had thought we would have another rainy day before getting nicer weather. After receiving the up-to-date weather faxes in the morning we decided it would probably be nice weather for the next three days. Fingers Crossed! When I first went out into the cockpit in the morning to look around I saw a black bear on shore. The tide was quite low and he was walking around the area by the river. What a nice treat to get to see him first thing in the morning. Later in the morning we headed ashore and went hiking. We took the 22-caliber rifle in order to do some target practice shooting. We set up in the upper area of the forest where everything was very open. The trees were large and widely spaced, with little to no underbrush, so we were able to set up some longer shots than are normally possible in the places we find to shoot. We were shooting at 40 yards and 63 yards, and doing quite well I thi...