Greg -

Our first official day off.    I had the morning planning out so that Jack could sleep as long as he wanted........what do you know, he woke up at 8:00 sharp - not far from when I normally wake him at around 7:15. 

We went into town for the 11:30 lap swim - he swam for ninety minutes while I ran.  I've agreed to occasionally start lap swimming with him after Bearfest - we'll see many laps I can do sidestroke. 
The pool is located inside the high school building and is a very nice salt water pool.   We're almost always the only people there besides the staff. 

I did a second load of laundry while we swam - between loads, Jack and I ventured out to the shooting range off the spur road.   Jack has expressed an interest in learning to shoot and I brought a .22 caliber rifle for him to use.    I knew that he'd be a natural judging from his ability to shoot his BB gun and his performance with the rifle was impressive.   He was able to nail a can of OFF! at fifty yards - sharpening his shooting skills while simultaneously and warding off biting insects.

 Killing gallon milk jugs.

We've got a few more errands to run....fishing license, water, laundry, and the store.   I've decided to give Jack the morning off since he was forced to wake at 5:45 Wednesday morning.   He needs the sleep.    We're now at the Irene Ingle library - I just took this photo of him moments ago.   Over the winter, the library made the transition from a card catalog to a computerized system.  I somehow took comfort in the fact that there was still one library that used the system that I knew as a kid........the one with the due date slips stuck into the pocket glued to the inside of the front cover, drawer after drawer of index cards (many misfiled), the rotating metal rubber date stamper..........yes, the super inefficient and frustrating one that didn't work very well....that one.