), a fore end grip and bipod.We stopped off at a gas station on the way where we topped off the thirsty tank of the venerable Pontiac Grand Prix that was our ride for the day and filled up ice and some bottles of water in the cool box.
It was a gloriously sunny day, the roughly 17 km drive which takes normally about 25 minutes saw us crawling through the packed highway 97 and then later across some beautiful country, green, peaceful farms basking in the Sun. The abnormal rush on the highway was explained by the long weekend celebrating BC Day, where people, on motorcycles, in RV’s, Trucks loaded up with Jet Skis, Boats, Mountain Bikes, off-road motorcycles flocked from all over Canada to Kelowna. We spotted license plates from all over Canada/USA Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Washington etc., Lots of stuff happening in Kelowna this long weekend, among which is a Music Festival sponsored by none other than - Bacardi!
I almost said to Baljit - shall we follow these people and see what they are up to?
We reached the range about noon, signed in and hit the rifle range. There were two other gents finishing up at the bay, as soon as they were done, we set up the table with rifle, ammo, accessories and some bottles of chilled water.
Setting up the table at the rifle bay
Baljit with his toy
Me with Baljit's baby
The ammo consisted of American Eagle and some sorted reloads of various lengths. Baljit tried out the first shot, very safely and carefully with a single round loaded into the magazine; success the rifle boomed! He then loaded up a few rounds of American Eagle in a 10 Rnd Mag and proceeded to try out his baby.
Mixed results – firing was fine, lower action was fine, upper bolt extracting was the problem. After much pondering, staring, fingering and firing the AR we decided that some more adjustments were needed at the gas port and alignment. Decision made – we decided to move on to the pistol bay!
We packed up and trundled over the handgun area. Here is where Baljit tried out my Girsan 9mm…we also played a little bit with his GSG .22, 1911 and Para Ordinance 9mm, 1911
Now I'll have to get back and start on my de-tox diet, all over again! 
But then that's later - much later, and 400 kms away!! 
