February 26, 2016. Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico. Curling.

Curling came late into my life.  Ten years ago, Ken and were in Nova Scotia when the Brier, the Canadian Championship,  was on TV.   At first we watched because we did not know the rules or the terminology.  Next we tried to figure out the strategy.  Soon we started to enjoy watching the game of curling.   The games are slow but the skill of the players is impressive and as the game progresses, you can see the purpose behind every shot.   But like everything else, the more you know about a game, the more interesting it is.

This week we have been watching The Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Women's Canadian Championship.    We get a Canadian sports channel so we watch every match.  Doreen and I love it as the games have been played at a high level.  This morning, we watched as exciting as a game could be.  New Brunswick was playing Manitoba.  And N.B. won all through the game.  If Manitoba won, they would get into the 4 team playoff but at the 10th end, which is the last end, they were still down 2 points.  But on the last throw of the last stone, the Manitoba skip scored three points by knocking two N.B. stones out and putting her own in, thus winning the game.  It was very exciting.  

Next weekend, the Brier will begin so we will get to watch some more curling on TV.  Ken has suggested that watching curling is a little like watching paint dry but we have both learned to enjoy curling.  The winner of The Scotties represents Canada at the World championship but we can never watch the games in the US, so we must get our fill of curling in Mexico.  And we watch the scores on the internet.  My friend Mary thinks we are nuts to watch curling but we have learned to love it.  You can teach an old dog new tricks.