I’ve been wanting to go Roller Skating for some time now, and in the past there was always something else that came up that made us postpone it. But Friday night? We had nothing going on, so we put on our jeans and gathered up our courage and in to town we went. Someone that Daryl works with said that there is going to be so many kids there, but we just didn’t think there would be. I mean roller skating was a big thing when we were kids, but we’re old now and that was a long time ago. So we didn’t really believe her and when we pulled into the parking lot – she was right! The parking lot was almost full and when you looked in the windows of the rink, it was just a blur with kids skating. OK, but we were here and we were going to give it a try. The last time either one of us had skated was over 30 years ago. So in my book – it’s about time that we went again! We got inside and stood in line with kids that only went up to our waist waiting for the lady behind the counter to get our skates. When I looked around, I must say that I was a little apprehensive. We figured that there was between 125 to 150 kids in there. Yea… and they were small and they were fast! Well we got our skates on and even though we thought of ourselves as good skaters in the past, the present brought more of a reality that we probably had to relearn how to do this. But once we got out on the floor and made a few laps we were getting the hang of it. There were kids weaving in and out and around you and if you had to keep knowing your surroundings. It was really a lot of fun! And the kids and us had a blast. There were a couple of ‘older’ skaters there, and Daryl and I laughed when it was mentioned over the speakers for everyone to watch out for the young skaters who were out on the skating floor – we were wondering if they shouldn’t have said something about the older skaters too. But soon, we decided that we needed to go and we found ourselves taking off the skates and looking for a restaurant to grab something to eat. What a fun date this was.
Roller Skating in New Hampton, Iowa