I’m sure they said the Boat Safety test was “next” week. Either the ten other guys on the course and the instructor were wrong, or me.
Those idiots!
After a rushed dinner and some last minute study, I speedily biked the 8.5kms out to the Folk on the Rocks site to sit my Boat Safety test. As I was running 5 minutes late I was surprised to not see any sign of life out there. Until that is, I phoned the course instructor…. so I now had a rare “free” night on my hands, ooh, the options, so many options.
A bike ride seemed like a good idea, so I took the long way home with a few detours and ended up in Old Town where I watched a few innings of a ball game and then cruised over to check out some ultimate frisbee. As a keen disk thrower I was intrigued to watch a game of ultimate frisbee because I’d often heard about it (and thought I’d enjoy it), but never actually seen it before.
After watching for about 5 minutes and working out the basics of the game, I was invited to join in. I sped around on my bike, and ran to join the game before they resumed with the next “throw-off” (I don’t know if that’s what it’s called, but essentially, that’s what it is).
It was only the week before that I’d played my debut ball game, and as much as I enjoyed it I was then saying to Nicole how much I missed playing touch rugby. Although I played touch as part of rugby training in Vancouver, it never compared to the real thing where I last played it in Wellington.
But now I was the closest I’d been to being in my element since renting that kick arse Chrysler 300 to drive from Vancouver to Calgary last November.
Unfortunately I’ll have to pass up Ultimate Frisbee this week so I can take the Boat Safety test.
Tags: Boat Safety, ultimate frisbee, Yellowknife
