Today’s field trip? The local bowling alley.
I don’t know why, but we’ve never taken the kids bowling. Neither Tom or I are very good, so I suppose it just hadn’t occurred to us. But when I drove by one day, I decided it might be a good outing.
I was thrilled to find out that all the lanes were easily convertible to bumper bowling, so we set up six lanes and the kids went to town. We even got a behind-the-scenes peek at the mechanics, a beautiful system of gears, pulleys, and levers that reeled in and reset pins and balls. I would have taken pictures, but the attendent was a little grouchy, so I didn’t want to push my luck.
The kids had a blast, and many of the adults decided that maybe bumper bowling would be a pretty good outing for the over-18 crowd as well, particularly those of us who regularly score in the 30s.
Once again, I’ll throw this on the “to do again” list. It’s a keeper.