Saturday...11 June 2011

Up early again today to join the grandson in an away tennis game  up the coast at Maroochydore. 8.30am game, (was to  have been 11am but got changed). Doubt the time of day would have mattered. Was bitterly cold and blowing a gale straight in off the coast. The poor kids were looking blue out there on the court in their tennis gear. By the second set the ones on the next court were wearing parkas! No joke it was that cold. Our lot braved the cold and battled on. Serving was hit and miss. They would throw the ball nice and straight and the wind would move it around before it came down again for hitting. Even set shots that should have won a point would blow out before reaching the ground on the other side of the net. Big points to our team, they managed to soldier on and finally won the day.
Did not get to see the grandaughter playing as her game was a home game, so the daughter took her and the son-in-law took the grandson to their games. Grandaughter had inbuilt audience so we went to the grandsons game to make up audience numbers. Daughter said she umpired wearing her jacket.

After that we went ten pin bowling. We were much warmer inside the bowling place and they had the heaters cranked up. Interesting to play again when it has been at least ten years or more since we last played this game.
The grandkids were of course good, the granson plays ten pin bowling as one of his sports so of course made all but his father, look like learners. The kids played well, the grandparents not so good. We could not (would not?) bend very well to release the bowl. Himself beat me and got a strike so is reasonably pleased with his effort. I did ok for a sometimes player, only a dozen or so gutterballs in two games!!! (No strikes for me).
Back to the daughters place for lunch then we went into town to do a spot of shopping and had coffee at Gloria Jeans.
Dinner was apricot chicken done in the slow cooker, and more chocolate self saucing pudding, seems they liked it. Then it was fond goodbyes as we may not see them again.
We are here for another two days but are going to Brisbane for the two days to attend the drag races at Willowbank. We will take a bag and stay somewhere if possible to save the long drive back each night.