Right of Passage....and Passenger (seat belt) Rights

Riv started out his Memorial Day by attending to his scout duties at 6 am.

He and his troop placed American flags in the front yards throughout the neighborhood.

After coming home to take a quick nap and shower, the dudes were off to the desert for some dude time the way dudes like to do dude things.

Dude fun = Big trucks and Big guns!!!!

[Being a non-dude means I stay home during dude outings.  

I am out numbered.  

It's not that I don't enjoy driving trucks fast 

and shooting guns in a hot windy desert...

I mean, what girl wouldn't??? Right?

I just find that sitting in a massage chair with a Starbucks, a trash mag, and my feet in a pool of smelly salts getting a rub down is more my style]

Riv's bum fit perfectly in the drivers seat. 

Rand was proud of Riv's driving ability!

[even though I could see he was strapped in tight to his seat belt riding to

THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE!!! 

HEY!!!! You never know when a rabbit, 

or a field mouse,

or a crater,

or an alien

will jump out in front of the truck that your

teen son is driving, 

 and you need to be restrained DAMMIT!!

Safety first!!!  Safety first!!!]

Riv has been looking forward to this day of shooting practice.

He loves everything about guns;

the way they feel in his hands,

the force behind the impact of the gun and the bullet that thrusts his body backward.

He respects their power and has become a pretty good little marksman.

Riv was invited to a 'Hunters Ed Plus' program.

It is paid for by the state of Utah and other contributors.

They will teach more extensive rifle training and actually take him on a small game hunt.

"My Father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me"

~Jim Valvano

Dude time get's two thumbs up!!!!