July 17, 2014
My Instead: I went to an
archery range with my grandson Tyler and his friend Danny.
My grandson Tyler and I
have come a long way since I was present at his birth almost 11 ½ years ago. We’ve
spent many, many hours together and have done a myriad of activities and adventures.
Archery was not one of them until tonight!
About a week prior, I
had Tyler and his friend Danny in my car and we were discussing new things that
I/we could do in this year of “insteads”. That is when the idea of archery was
born. They had both done it before…go figure, after all, they ARE in their
second decade of life. I, on the other hand, had not! Or at least I have no
recollection of ever attempting this “art of an archer”. Go figure again.
Anyway, we found our way
off Route 15 in Belleville to the somewhat hidden back road to Town Hall
Archery. We informed one of the employees of our intention to shoot some
arrows.
He quickly provided us
with the necessary equipment, the targets and the cost per hour in which to hone
our archery “skills”. We each loaded up our respective bows with an arrow, “aimed”
and shot. Where was that target again? This is not as easy as it looks. We
loaded again, aimed a little more carefully this time and released. The only possible
answer to the inaccuracy of our shots is that those targets had to be moving.
After all (yes, I’m going there), you can’t hit a moving target.
We continued for the
rest of our “$8 per hour” hour, shooting and fetching those meandering arrows.
We did improve intermittently with our shots, but it wasn’t very sustainable. Bull’s
eyes were few and far between. Okay, I got one! The boys had a few too, but
that yellow part of the target was blemished ever so slightly.
We were busy, we were unaware
of technology (except for my picture taking), we were united and persistent in
our mission, and we had fun! It was especially fun for them when they can demonstrate
to the “older person” how to do something. It was fun for me too because I saw
how they enjoyed being the experienced ones this time.
This was TIME SPENT that
I wouldn’t trade for anything. Would you?
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