The Family That Shoots Together...

The view from "Base Camp"

We got off the strip today and took the kids out shooting. We went with three other families out to a safe place where it is LEGAL to shoot. We drove North on I-15 to the US93 turnoff. From there we drove about 8 or 9 miles then left the pavement. Once we were on the dirt road we only drove about 5 minutes and found a nice place to stop and set up a "camp". I have to say, we had a great time! There were about 20 people there, including all the kids.

Before we started shooting, we got everyone together and had a talk about shooting safety, just so everyone was one the "same page". That was a smart thing to do... we didn't have a single instance of anyone "breaking the rules" and no one was put in any danger.

Sarah shooting the BB gun

 Sarah stuck to the BB gun this time. I think next time we'll get her to shoot the 22's a few times.

John shooting an FN Five-seveN Series Handgun

 John loved shooting the hand guns.












 After we shot for a couple hours, we took a short break and the kids looked for Easter eggs. It was a great time!

Hunting Easter Eggs!

The best part of the day was just spending time together as a family and with friends.

For the most part this little excursion cost more than we like to spend on day trips, but once in a while I think it's ok to spend a little extra cash. We took four cooked chickens from Smith's as our part of the "Pot Luck" lunch, and those cost about $20.00 total. We took some bottles of water and few other little snacks that set us back another $10.00 or so, and then there was the ammo. The ammo was a little expensive. I don't know exactly what we spent, so I won't include that this time. But overall for less than $100 we had a great time with our great family and some great friends.

And best of all, WE GOT OFF THE STRIP!