Orienteers go bowling

Ok, so I finally had to face my fears and attempt bowling – many of my friends favourite past time.

I was invited on Sunday at the Orienteering infront of my mom, and had no reason to say no.

So, Tuesday 9 August 2011, at 12pm, Brad, Salome, Ant, Jessie, Cian, Greg, Tim, Steph, Jess Hemer and I met at Monte for our first official get together.

I was about 4^th to start and managed to get 4 balls down, however my next few tries ended up with nothing and so I was last by the 4^th turn. All the boys were fighting for Dakota’s first 5 turns, which ended up in various points. Tim took a few strikes and looked to be in fine form. The last 3 turns we all decided to have the rails up to assist some of us in getting more points (ok, mostly me, who was still battling in the 10’s while most others were cruising through the 40’s and up). I ended up last, with Steph beating Tim by 1 point (99 to 98).

Ok, so it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, so I will try again, but I don’t yet understand the excitement of the game that the others get.

Once bowling was over, we moved over to lunch to satisfy our growling stomachs. We all split up and a few of us ended up sitting separately.

After lunch we strolled through Monte before heading outside to enjoy some sun in the grass. Of course, Brad was up to his usual tricks, and managed to walk through the casino and try put a normal coin into the slot machine… Salome and Greg later were able to get into the casino undetected.

The day ended at 3:30 when everyone went their own way.

Dakota and I stayed until 5 to enjoy the rest of the beautiful afternoon.

Overall it was a great day, and I’m sure everyone agrees that these types of get-togethers need to happen more often.

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