Wasn't expecting to actually have a weekend off... since I haven't had a true Saturday and Sunday since last May. We decided to head north to visit my mom and grab a few caches. I was looking for a milestone cache along the trip as well. We went over to Ironwood, MI for some fresh pasties from one of the best bakeries in the north, then grabbed a few caches in the UP. Headed back across toward Ashland and decided to visit Potato River Falls (GC14AJF) for #2600. The falls were roaring, but it was pretty cold with the 4 inches of snow that had fallen early Saturday morning. Seriously, it's past the halfway point of APRIL... shouldn't we be done with snow?
Anyway, headed back to Madison on Sunday, and stopped in Fifield for an FTF. Headed down the road hoping for a second, but saw fresh tracks in the snow. Wish I would have paid attention on the way up... both caches have been sitting out there waiting to be found for over a week. I could have doubled my total!
Monday, April 18, 2011
What a way to start the season
I had my first varsity game of the spring soccer season last week, and ended up starting it off with a bang. I realize that you can't please both coaches all the time, and I never expect to... but sometimes you would hope that coaches handle all aspects of the game as well as others, especially the losing part.
Game ends up tied at the end of regulation, so we go to overtime. A girl for the home team only 3 minutes into the first OT attempts to trap a ball off her chest, but hits it with her arm. Twice. I call the penalty kick right away, and the game winning goal is scored. As my assistant referees and I are signing the paperwork, the losing coach comes over and says to my AR "that was a really tough call with the sun in your eyes." I turned to her and immediately informed her it was my call, not his... and the sun was at my back. You know it's an obvious call when all three people at the scorers table see it and say it was a PK.
Maybe someday coaches will figure it out... and I say this as a former varsity coach.
Game ends up tied at the end of regulation, so we go to overtime. A girl for the home team only 3 minutes into the first OT attempts to trap a ball off her chest, but hits it with her arm. Twice. I call the penalty kick right away, and the game winning goal is scored. As my assistant referees and I are signing the paperwork, the losing coach comes over and says to my AR "that was a really tough call with the sun in your eyes." I turned to her and immediately informed her it was my call, not his... and the sun was at my back. You know it's an obvious call when all three people at the scorers table see it and say it was a PK.
Maybe someday coaches will figure it out... and I say this as a former varsity coach.
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