Skating

Sunday was our first day skating this season. This winter has been unusually warm and the outdoor rinks were not in good shape until now. After the weekend we were hit with a blast and it's been pretty cold ever since with some freezing rain and snow the last few days.
We all enjoyed the outing as it still wasn't that cold. We spent a couple of hours at the skating trail. They've done a good job. It's a figure surrounded by trees and rocks. This year the tall grass was left uncut so it looked like you were in the woods. Once the trees and shrubs grow bigger I'm sure it will look even better. I don't have a picture from this year so I'll include one from last year. If we go again I'll try to get a new pic.

Bowling

We went bowling on Saturday night. We haven't gone in about a year and the kids did very well. In our first round Angela got a higher score than I did. Now let me say that I am not a 5 pin bowler. I think 5 pin bowling is for kids only. I know many will not agree with me on this but the fact that there is the availability of bumpers on the side to stop gutter balls is a good indication. I did much better the second round after I found out I had to go lower to the ground when releasing the ball which is yet another reason it's for kids. Luckily for us the scoring was automatic because 5 pin has some crazy scoring. There were letters popping up after each frame and when the kids asked me what they were I made stuff up. Problem with that is they remember and I forget what I said so each time they were correcting me.
Bowling is actually quite expensive. I think we paid as much for shoe rental as we did for the time bowling. It's not something we do that often so it was worth it.