... and the Bowl of Petunias said...

I discovered my sport in 2010, and this site tells that story.

From the beginning as with most new Curling Clubs we played on Arena Ice, and it's neither flat nor level.  Proper weight differs from the even ends to the odd ends.

In 2020, one of the places we played lost their refrigeration plant, followed almost immediately by the COVID shutdown.

My last post marked the end of COVID and the beginning of Dedicated Ice in SoCal.

That didn't last.  The story is long and difficult, and if you ask those in and around the Southern California Curling Center, you'll get different stories, and I think there is some truth in all of them.

There is Dedicated Ice in the S.F. Bay Area, Tahoe and Tempe, AZ -- more than 6 hours away.  Too far.

Skip forward about a year, and I heard about a new Dedicated club.  CurlVegas.

The bad news is: it's a three hour drive, one way.  The good news: it's only a three hour drive, one way.

As I write this, I'm playing in the Wednesday night league.  I leave about noon, and get home past midnight, but I get to curl.

The ice in Las Vegas is excellent, and I've played in the midwest where amazing ice isn't that hard to find.

The people are also pretty wonderful, and there are a lot of new, enthusiastic Curlers who have never known the indignity of bad ice.

Posted May 19, 2025