My birthday was several weeks ago. For one of my presents, my wife planned a ‘perfect day’ for me, which involved a ton of my favorite activities as well as some of my favorite people. Its was a great time and I felt the urge to share some of the pics of the occasion. Warning: This blog post is photo heavy, but I could not resist…
Event 1 – The Shooting Range
My epic day began w/ a surprise visit to the shooting range. I have been dying to buy a handgun for some time and have been bemoaning the fact that I was not sure what kind of handgun to pick up. In order to assist me w/ my turmoil (and for me to have a great time), Crystal planned for us to meet at the local gun range. Gabe, Emilie, Geoffrey, and Nikki joined us.
After signing a release paper, we were able to choose our guns. I liken this process to giving a kid the run of a candy store, telling him that he can choose whatever he wants. After much deliberation, Geoff and I chose a Ruger 30 caliber handgun and Gabe and Emilie chose a 22 handgun. It was love at first shot, as you can see below…
When we emptied, our bullet case, Geoff and I decided to trade in our gun for a 40 caliber S&W. While we deliberating that decision, the desk clerk chimed in to help. (Btw, our selection had nothing to do w/ the her comment about us choosing a ‘man’s gun’ rather than the pea-shooters, lmao). We made a few more shots and had a blast.
All in all, the gun range rocked. Among the best parts of the adventure was watching Emilie knock the plaster off the ceiling w/ the 40 caliber, Geoff repeated flinging our magazine into the range itself, jamming our gun by trying to use 40 caliber bullets in a 20 caliber gun, being awestruck by Emilie’s perfect neutering of the her target dummy w/ her 22, and, of course, rapid firing hand guns – watching the shells fly. :) Good times!
Event 2 – Frisbee Golf
After a quick bite to eat, Crystal rushed us all off to play some Frisbee golf. As we were traveling there, we managed to pick up Drew and Dylan as a part of our crew. Frisbee golf is one of my favorite games. It makes for a nice, pleasant exercise that can allow for the proper amount of heckling where you deem it necessary.
I decided to for us to play golf at Morningside park. After playing a few ‘holes’, I have to admit that the course is nothing but interesting. After navigating trails that would make a goat sweat, avoiding broken glass, needles, and other paraphernalia, and passing up what seemed to be a whole wardrobe of clothing, we managed to complete at least half the course. One of the largest difficulties was the fact that we did not have great demarcation as to were each hole started. Consequently, we spent quite a bit of time foraging around for the next spot.
Here are a few shots of people making their first shot:
Despite the trials of the trail, I have to say that this was probably one of the most interesting courses that I have played. Several of the holes were very unique and had very serious consequences for failure to keep on the ‘fairway’.
Incidentally, I managed to ding someone’s mailbox w/ one wild Frisbee throw. Thankfully, they were rather nice about the whole ordeal… :) (You can see us talking in the background of this picture.)
Event 3 – Paintball
Now that I had been able to spend my morning shooting at targets, I was able to utilize that practice in a nice stirring round of paintball. I could spend paragraphs talking about my love for paintball, but it should suffice to say that paintball rocks! Its just a great sport and makes for some great memories (and photos).
Event 4 – King Tuts
In every town, there are those places that are so unique that everyone has to go to them at least once. Sometimes they are scary creepy, totally crazy, or just simply a good time. Once such place is King Tuts in Knoxville and it is an awesome and crazy time. Although it is a small place, its owner makes it a grandiose w/ his funny gags, wonderful personality, props, and, of course, singing!
Since I am on the verge of making an epic post, here are some of the highlights of our adventure at King Tuts:
- Singing Margaritaville w/ the guys to the entire restaurant.
- Being challenged to a chess match by the owner - loser buys dessert.
- Watching a slightly tipsy biker asking John if he liked to choke his chicken, shaking a rubber chicken at him… repeatedly…
- Laughing with a large group of people dancing on a bar while sharing a very large pair of underwear… VERY large.
- And, of course, having all of our waters served in flower vases.
In conclusion…
All in all, good times were had by all and, IMHO, it was about a perfect of a day as a guy could ask for. Thanks, Crystal! You make me smile…
