My first time Trap/Skeet shooting

Today was the first time I ever went trap/skeet shooting, and first time to ever shoot a shotgun. It was a lot of fun and way harder than it looks. We first started at the trap range and I got to shoot an over-under shotgun...not too bad, but has a really strong kick. After the first round, I switched to a semi-auto Benelli. Although the recoil wasn't as bad, I didn't hit as many as the over-under.
We then moved over to the skeet range. That was even better...multiple stations and clays coming from either side. I started with the pump shotgun...funny when the doulbe clays came, almost forgot to pump! So ended up using the over-under again. Even though the over-under has the strongest kick, I think I did the best with it. I'll definitely go again.

Vince hits the clay.
And here he missed.

Into the New Year...2010!

Wow...my last blog entry was Thanksgiving of last year? Well the holidays were great. Spent time with family, ate a lot, and rested. But the main reason for this entry is the disappointment of an event we attended last night. I've been to the Silicon Valley International Car Show for quite a few years and this year shows the apparent impact of the economy on the auto industry. Even though we went opening day and some exhibits weren't open yet, we noticed that there were some car manufacturers that weren't there...Nissan, Infiniti, Audi, Porsche, Volvo, Saab, Mercedes...what a disappointment. Oh well, guess we'll have to wait for the SF show.

Some of the cars Chelle is considering to replace her 1999 Nissan Altima:

Volkswagen CC Lexus GS 350 Acura TL Unfortunately the cars that Chelle wanted to see were not there...Nissan, Infiniti, Audi, and Volvo.