We’ve been about 15 deg. below normal for the last month. I was riding in 35 deg weather today, should be about 50.I always hated March because I think that it should be the beginning of spring; it’s really the end of winter.

I was beginning to feel sorry for myself until some of you reminded that there is a Canada. Summer will be nice, you just have to be in town that weekend. Scout camp had a mo-skeet activity – trap using 22s. Do Canadians have moskeeter shooting?

I used to live in Minneapolis for about 5 years. Winters were about 6 weeks longer than what I was used to in Iowa. The saving grace was that there was enough snow to actually enjoy winter sports. X-C skiing, snow shoeing, broomball, etc. It didn’t surprise me to see inter-scholastic X-C skiing, but I still haven’t recovered from the shock of girls ice hockey.