We when to Cub Scouts
last night... I have to retract my statement from last week because we took the boys (and Lexy) to
Gander Mountain for a tour.
Gander Mountain is this area's Sportsman's Warehouse, except we have those here too, we saw one in Lexington. I digress. So, the manager of the store took us to the FREE conference room, handed out FREE hats to
everyone there and off we went to look at the camping gear.
It was a pretty good tour, they asked the boys questions and talked about how to start a camp fire, why there are so many different sleeping bags, where to
canoe in the state and why you would want a longer
canoe vs a shorter one, etc. They we hid the hunting area (although we avoided the gun section). The boys all had fun climbing in and out of the turkey blinds.
We stopped by the
archery counter, pretty cool stuff. He got down a kids compound bow and passed it around for the kids to look at. This bow shoots arrows at 200 feet per second. Holy crap. It has all the same components as a
deluxe big man bow, just smaller. And it comes in pink
camo. The boys all wanted to shoot it... of course. Turns out, they have an indoor range. He took us back and let the boys... watch him shoot the bow. That was a better option for this bunch. Pretty cool.
The manager told me on the side that they had just held the National ADA Shooting Sports Championship in that building. He said it was amazing to watch these people drive in in electric wheel chairs, have someone load there pellet gun and then shoot it with there mouth. Sounds cool. Again, I digress.
At the end of the tour they sat the boys down in the conference room
again, gave their commercial ("Bring your dad back and buy stuff"), then asked the boys questions about fishing and such with the winner getting a giant stuffed Rainbow Trout. These is where I ruined it, again. Lexy was so set on
answering questions, but I wouldn't let her, we where there for the boys, the scouts. After a real hard question that stumped the boys I
whispered the answer to her, she raised her had and answered the question. "You win", the guy says.
"No you don't", says the mean Dad, and I scooped her up and out of the room we when. She was crying and one of the boy needed to win. She and I talked about it and she was still super upset. So, I grabbed one of the giant stuffed fish and we marched up to pay for it. I just about had it done where here came another manager with a second stuffed fish for Lexy. I told the girl at the desk, "I know that is your boss, but I don't care. Put my money in the drawer." He won and
Lexy got a FREE giant Rainbow Trout. One of the boy still won the other one. But, in several of the boys eyes Lexy and I ruined the game. Sorry everybody.
So, here are the pics of Lexy and her new toy... And I figured I better buys something after all that and she needed a new folding camp chair anyway ($8, not bad).
Once we got home Isaac ran upstairs and grabbed the big ole Bass that Rick Rosenberg gave me when I was in the hospital a few years ago so that he had a giant fish to snuggle with for bed time too. It all turned out
OK in the end.
So.. Aahhh... I'm not sure where he got it because Amy and I were neither one great students. But after a week and a half of being out of school, Amy found a whole pile of papers that Isaac brought home. He had a couple of Honor Roll certificates, and spelling award, and this straight A's report card. The stinker did show us all that, he was too excited to be out of school...
It's amazing how hot you get riding... The poor kid gets all red in the face, like his dad.
This is a shot of Isaac waiting to go to the starting gate.
Lexy brought a mega-phone because she wanted Isaac to be able to hear her better.
This is Isaac taking FIRST place in one of his motos.
Isaac invited the missionaries to come see him race. They were super excited Elder Dedrickson and Elder Downard both are from Utah and both ride back home. One of them told Amy that he was more excited about coming to the race that he was about going home. It was fun to have them there and see all the strange looks from the other people. They even enjoied the hotdogs that Amy grilled them for dinner.
Isaac tote-in' a chicken.
Lexy scoping out which animal to attack next.
What the heck is that thing...?
Another 1st place.
A sweet 2nd place plaque.
Isaac in his trophy room, with the goods.
I just got the actual stamps for West Virginia and Kentucky. It's kinda nice to have them. I feel a little more worth what they pay me now that I can stamp a plan in these states. 
Amy hates it when I do that... But, she's HOT. Look at her in that nice workout outfit.
Lexy will even strike a pose for Amy. They took this one when Isaac and I were exploring the Snipe Trial. There were nice placques explaining how the CCC campers used to send the 'rookies' Snipe hunting up this trial.
See there, Lexy knows how many point you get with a basket. She has made several shots herself on this 7.5 foot rim... but, she forgot how.
He is an outside kid in the first place... This gives him another great reason to be out there.
This hoop is adjustable, Isaac and operate the ratchet adjustment and move the hoop from 7.5 feet to 10 feet and back again. I think there are two or three other heights it stops at in between.
