We had a nice weekend...
Yesterday, I spent the majority of the day doing CAP stuff. Since we didn't have a meeting at the beginning of the month due to the holiday, we had our meeting last Saturday. Afterwards, we did some SAR - well really, just S(earch) training. The first sortie of the day, I did a scanner flight. I only have a few items left on my SQTR before I can get signed off. On the second sortie, I went on the ground team and played with our new L-PER. It is really cool, and much easier to use than the old one. I even was the one to actually find the target. For the third sortie, I acted as the Mission Radio Operator, which was an interesting new experience. After the training flights were all done, I got to go up for a few laps around the pattern, and a brief trip around the island with one of the other members. I did three touch and goes. I was quite pleased with two of the landings, and wasn't ashamed of the other, which was really nice, especially since I had company.
Today, Jeanie and I went to the zoo. We only spent a few hours there, as it was hot, and we were both a bit tired, but we bought an annual Member + Friend membership (Jeanie is the member, I - among others - will be the friend). We felt this was a good investment, since Jeanie is planning to go back to the zoo a number of times with various friends and family, and this way, we didn't feel like we had to do it all in one day, just so we got our full admission's worth. We only got to see a few of the exhibits, but for the most part, the exhibits we did get to see were good. I was a bit disappointed with some of the bird exhibits, as the enclosures were made with fairly thick wire, which made seeing the birds difficult. I'll look forward to going back when it is a little cooler, and we both have a bit more energy.
After the zoo, we went to the beach for a walk. Jeanie was quite tired, as she is still not fully recovered from her ear infection, so she only walked for part of the outing and then returned back to the truck, while I finished my hike.
Speaking of walking, I started back walking fairly regularly a couple of weeks ago. Now that I am back in gear, I plan on walking at least three times a week. There is a new development which abuts ours and uses some common roads. With the new addition, I can now do one full loop through the expanded "neighborhood" and one loop across the street in about an hour, which is more interesting than my previous route which required two circuits through our neighborhood.
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Posted by David at September 24, 2006 11:14 PM