Target Practice

During the summer, we went up to a baseball coach's cabin and for the first time in my life I shot a .22 rifle.  Before I could fire, I had to listen to the directions given by Coach Chip.  I was listening carefully but was very excited at the same time.

Coach Chip told me, "Put the target in the middle of the X inside the targeting scope.  Close one eye and put the other three inches away from the scope."  The first time I tried to fire I could not find my target so we had to increase the range of the scope so I could see the target within it.  He then said to hold my breath and slowly squeeze the trigger so when I let my breath out it doesn't move my arm and make me miss my target. 
It is very close to firing a Nerf Gun except the trigger is much harder to squeeze.

The moment it fired I did not realize that it fired.  I squeezed the trigger slowly and it went off by itself just like it was supposed to.  I hit the green piece of target paper.  I hit the corner, but this was still a good shot for the first time.  I was surprised at how well I did.

When we reloaded, the empy shell popped out.  After I fired all three of my shots, I felt the shells and thought they would be warm, but they were not.

The directions were probably the most important thing about shooting, because if you didn't listen to them someone could get hurt.

Camping for two nights

We went on a two hour hike.  It was really long and I was very tired at the end.  It was very hard walking, but at the top I got to see for miles and miles off a cliff.  I was not close to falling because I was with an adult when I was at the edge.

We also went to the beach. We went fishing and we went swimming. We went to the beach two times. The first time the water was warm. The next day the water was cold but I moved in the water so I was warm.