We've had the kids in our church summer camp. They gave the kids a day off today, so this feels like our first real day of summer vacation. We enjoyed it by... (wait for it)... taking the kids bowling.
We thought by going first thing in the morning would help us avoid the crowds. So wrong. We barely got a lane even though we got there maybe 20 minutes after the alleys opened up. About half the lanes were occupied by what looked like a senior citizen's competitive bowling league.
Everyone in the family bowled. Let me just say that our two games took over two hours since it takes a while when the ball is about a third of certain bowlers' body weight. When you are rolling the ball at 1.5 mph, it takesa a long time to get to the pins... :-)
But everyone had a good time -- and Colin even broke 100.
All in all, not a bad way to start off a 4th of July weekend. Bowling does feel somehow quintessentially American.
