Last Friday Cannon requested to do "something fun" with Grammie as it was her last day in Okinawa. I was thinking something Japanese-y, something truly Okinawan, something to take advantage of the beautiful beaches of Okinawa. But "Something fun" for Cannon meant bowling. OK So off to the bowling alley we went ...
Turns out Grammie hasn't bowled in 40 years and at first she said she'd just watch, but three little nagging voices (none of which was mine!) Convinced her to don a stylish pair of bowling shoes and grab a ball.
This bowling alley had the fanciest scoring system I've seen - all computerized with your choice of background themes. There was even a way of measuring how fast your ball was going when it hit the pins. (Is 8.5 MPH good???)
And in addition to the standard bumpers (which could be electronically controlled to come up for specific players - usually the young ones in which we grouped Grammie!), They also had this metal ramp which the littlest players could use to roll their ball down. Emmy was a hoot as she quickly figured out this bowling thing and would not be assisted - at all. She would lug her 6-pound ball out to the ramp and hike it up onto the ramp before pushing it down the lane. Funny thing is , she bowled better than her brothers!
And Grammie, well for not having bowled for 40 years, she bowled a couple of strikes and even broke 100! Way to go Grammie!
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