Bowling!

While Grandma G was in town, Emily and I decided to make good on our promise to take Becky bowling for her birthday, which was back in August (!). So we headed to the Presidio Alleys and knocked back a couple frames. (Is that the correct vernacular??)

Emily had never been bowling, but she picked it up quickly. We took turns helping with the first few balls, but soon she insisted, as Emily does, that she do it all. by. herself. So she'd scoop up that 6 pound ball, lug it over to our lane and sorta drop/toss it down the alley where it went on a very s-l-o-w journey to the pins.

I was surprised that each lane was equipped with bumpers which would only come up into the gutters when it was Em's turn. Back in the day when I was a kid, if you needed bumpers then they stayed up for the entire game. So this was kinda nice. Hey - maybe this isn't even a "new" invention... I don't get out much ;)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 (And yes, Emily did dress up and don pearls for this outing to the bowling alley. Guess you never know who you might run into...)