It’s hump day and this week just seems to linger on…..
Last evening, Karla had a Premier Jewelry Party at the house, so I had to find some place to hang out for the evening. I had actually posted on Facebook that I needed something to do Tuesday night and actually received a couple of invites. One friend invited me to his house in east Norman, but I really did not feel like driving that far. One of my REACT team members, David, invited me over to one of his friend’s house to hang out for awhile. I had met his friend at one of our REACT meetings and didn’t really know him that well. This friend, Peter, has all kinds of WWII memorabilia that he retrieved from jump zones during the Vietnam War. He actually has what he calls his “war” room where he keeps all his souvenirs and stuff that he has collected from WWII.
I had never seen the room, so David invited me over to Peter’s place, along with a few other REACT members to see his “war” room and talk about his adventure in retrieving some of these war collectables. I was amazed at the war room. There were army helmets from all over the place, there were things from the Nazi’s when they were under Adolf Hitler……and there was a collection of old army uniforms, parachutes and other things associated with the war. I was impressed with all the history that he had collected. At one point of the evening, we went to the kitchen and Peter cooked us some frozen pizzas. We ate and continued to talk about all the stuff he had in the army room.
Then I got to see something that I had never seen before. Peter has a HUGE gun collection. He has revolvers, pistols, assault rifles, semi-automatic weapons of all kinds and ammunition of all kinds. Even though many of the guns he had were old and collectables, most all of them were still working. I had the opportunity to hold some of them and get the feel for some of the older weapons. He had weapons from WWII and even had some German weapons.
During the time we were looking at the weapons, he gave us the opportunity to shoot a few of his weapons. So, off to the firing range we went. I actually got to shoot a Smith & Wesson 500 Magnum (a very rare gun), a Colt 45 semi-automatic and a Smith & Wesson 44 Magnum. Man, it was great! I had not shot a gun in probably 25 years, so this was lots of fun for me. To top it all off, I actually shot two bulleseyes with the Colt 45. The other shots I took with the other guns were good shots as well. I wasn’t sure how good I would do, but evidently I have a pretty good aim…even with my hands shaking.
All in all, I had a great time and learned quite a bit from Peter….not just about the war and all, but about the kinds of weapons that were used in battle.
Today is Gayla’s 18th birthday. Yep, my little girl is growing up. It is hard to believe she is already 18. She is my princess and always will be. She is doing great in school and is getting prepared to go to college. She is wanting to go to OBU, so she is trying to secure some scholarship funds so she can go. She has made me a very proud dad. She has matured into a very fine young lady and I know she will go far in life because of the good decisions she is making.
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