What a fantastic weekend and great group of Patriots that turned out. Our line was sold out! for the first time in a while. We had a Trail Life group with us this weekend and several families that filled our ranks. It's really nice to see youth and families filling our lines.
Saturday the forecast was ominous with a tropical system hanging over us. Much rain and thunderstorms were the prediction. Luckily we managed to thwart the predictions with only a little rain. In the late afternoon the sun was shining lending to the onset of summer in Florida and tropical humidity. On Sunday the heat was ON! in the late afternoon the heat index was nearing 104 with the ambient temperature at a balmy 97. The humidity was such you could drink the air. But our shooters persisted and the scores did not disappoint. With many new shooters on the line I was very impressed as the marksmanship teachings were adhered to and the groups began to tighten up.
It filled our hearts with pride as we told the stories of our extraordinary beginnings and quest for liberty to see folks paying attention and engaged. Especially when some engaging questions were asked and were answered by some of the younger of our participants.
The youth that participated this weekend were remarkable. Polite, attentive, safe, and engaged.
On Saturday we had two new riflemen and a new orange hat. On Sunday our Saturday Riflemen re-qualified showing their proficiency in addition to two new Riflemen. On Sunday quite a few shooters were knocking on the door of Rifleman and finishing the weekend no scores were under triple digits! HUZZAH! Also on Sunday one of our Instructors donated some Garand food and assisted the youth that wanted to shoot the 80yr old girl at steel hung 150yds out. BANG!...Ping! the smiles couldn't be contained.
Thank you to all who attended this weekend!