Ford Bridge View

It's still wintry. Today almost climbed into melting territory, but stopped at 31 degrees. Tomorrow, maybe, a sunny 40 and the first time above freezing in much too long. Yesterday Herb took a bike ride to get a feel for what winter biking is about. It was about 20 degrees when he went out. He came back with a reddish face, but he said that the cold was bearable. I spent the day grousing about the interminable winter.

Today, I went over the Ford Bridge to Minnehaha Falls to see if it had changed. It looked a lot like my previous winter shots of it, so it you're curious, page back to some of my previous entries. Minnehaha Creek is still firmly frozen over. I trekked up to the bridge on foot to see what the river is up to. The Ford plant where they make some sort of Ford pickup truck, and which is set to close in about a year, is visible in the distance. The river has open water, but the edges retain some ice. Winter is starting to slowly give up its grip on the landscape.



I played tennis at Wooddale tonight. The cast of players changes every night as we struggle to keep the games going while Jerry recovers from his surgery and Tennis Dennis tries to recover from his shoulder and hip infirmities. I had a pretty good night. I was as close to the zone as I have been in a while and it felt pretty good. The whole group played pretty well for 90 minutes and we'll give it another run on Saturday.

I have a Super Seniors men's doubles USTA league match tomorrow night at 8 pm on the other side of Minneapolis. This is a new team for me, but I know at least three of the players pretty well. There are only two teams in this level of Super Seniors this season (the winter season) so we'll be playing the same guys about four times. The summer league of 4.0 Super Seniors gets more teams, so we'll have some varied competition then.

Thursday will be another night of mixed doubles with the hard core girls at Wooddale. Jerry is still out so we will have a sub for him, Pat G., whi is playing well, and it should be a good match. Jerry is doing well and has the stitches out from his operation. He plans to return to tennis in April.

Kagami Sensei will also return in April, or perhaps May. Her last day at work in Ogaki is March 24. She has her visa for her planned trip to India, so her plans are working out okay. She'll be home in time for garden planting.