Day 3.321: Junior bowling

The kids had identified going bowling as one of the activities they wanted to fit into this long weekend, so this morning we headed off to Spare Time in East Greenbush. The parking lot had several cars in it - unlike our last visit. Nevertheless, it was something of a surprise to be told that we were getting the 'last available lane' since the place seemed far from full. It turned out that after we had been there for a few minutes, the place came alive with a youth bowling event of some sort. This had little effect on us - except for our bowling skills being shown up by people less than a quarter of our age.

Despite the name of the place, bowling is seen as a sport rather than a recreational activity here. People take it very seriously and obviously get their kids in training as soon as they can pick up a ball - and sometimes before. In this, as in many other things we are failing the young Exiles - although they did have a good time which was our purpose for the trip!