Episode 3: The one with the big balls

Bowling was one of our pass times growing up in Parsonsfield, ME. It was about the only activity there was to do, except for tree climbing, ice skating and water hole swimming. We had birthday parties, end of school year parties and Thursday night bowling leagues there. My school even had bowling league as an optional sport after school. Yup. We sure did like our bowling. 

Oh, and it was candle pin bowling. You know. The small balls you could fit your entire hand around, and skinny bowling pins. And the balls weren't bright neon fun colors either. No. They were brown and red and boring and ugly. You can imagine my envy the first time I experienced Big Ball Bowling...Is that what they call it? The bowling pins looked like the ones we had in our household bowling sets, and the balls were big HUGE and very bright and colorful. And then there was the light show. That's right. Where they had black lights, neon lights and strobe lights creating a party atmosphere with loud contemporary music blasting as you had your bowling extravaganza. They weren't playing a jukebox of 1970's rock'n'roll hits selected by the local blue collar weekly bowlers who were reliving their prime bowling days of their youth. There was no way I could ever go back to my candlepin bowling and actually enjoy myself again. nope...never.

Good thing I moved to an area of California that has not one, but two Big Ball Bowling ally's. And I've found a group of friends who enjoy bowling just as much as I do. Probably because they never had to experience candlepin bowling, but either way. 

Here are some photos from our recent outing to the Big Ball Bowling ally.

Look at all those bright colored Big Balls.

Here's the whole group.

We had a blast. And yes there were current music videos on the screens down the ally's and a cosmic light show. 

Here I am... probably getting ready to bowl another.. zero. That's right, I rock at bowling.