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This game was wide open with 8 goals scored. The Rev came in after a tough loss to Coon Rapids. Forest Lake appeared ready to go. With the sun getting low on the horizon the game started off well with an early goal by Brittney Skog. Forest Lake returned the favor to tie the game. Sarah Dettinger put us ahead again with a nice goal with the assist going to Mary from the corner.  The second half started slow but, then Addie hit the far post with a turn around kick to put us up 3-1. Forest Lake was not going away easy though and scored on a free kick. Mia Bowman was heading up the middle and decided the back corner of the goal was a good place for the ball. We struggled to clear the ball and Forest Lake once again came within one. With the sun already down for the day Brittney had a nice crossing pass and Allie Franzen finished it off for the final score of the night.

The burnsville tourney starts Friday night and the girls are looking solid.

Great game Revolution!

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The BIG game! Epiphany! We were ready. We took the early lead and then they just kept hitting. Russ made a great throw to me at the plate to get an out an end one of their threats. Scott had his signature triple of the game and threw out another runner at the plate. All of this and 9 runs just didn't get the job done. Epiphany comes away with a 17-9 victory and first place for now. There is a virtual deadlock for first with 3 teams all having lost once to one of the other 3. 4 games left and we need to get the bats rolling again.

Go Constance!

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We went to Taylors Falls this weekend and I always love this state park. The river bluffs, steep cliffs, pot holes (not in the road), wonderful hiking, and rides on the river. You can either canoe or take the river boats for a great view of the river scenic beauty. Only an hour out side the Twin Cities metro area you won't find a better weekend trip to the St Croix river.

We camped at Wildwood RV Park just up the hill and had a great time. This was our first outing this year with Jay Cooke State Park after the 4th. Here are some photos of the area.

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We'll take it! This game was 0-0 after 4, I guess we just need to play from behind. CR United Methodist scored 1 in the 5th. We came back with 3 runs in the bottom but, gave up 3 runs in the 6th. Four more runs in the 6th were enough for us as we turned a double play to end the game. Someone commented the sign of a good team is winning when you don't play well. I guess we have proven that the past 2 weeks. Big game next week against Epiphany, who is only a half game behind us in the standings. If we can win that game we will have a 2 game edge on the league. We'll need to hit better than we did tonight though...

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We just went down to Minneapolis to see the progree on the new river bridge. They were doing walking tour and explaing the process used to build the bridge when we were there. Building the span with no visible support is truly amazing. The main span across the river will be free of supporting structure for over 500 feet. The have pre cast 120 sections that will eventually create the span and road deck. On the south side they have 7 segments installed already and just placed another segment prior to our arrival. On the North side they have the first segment installed. There are 4 individual spans crossing the river. In addition there are 2 other bridges, one over the railroad tracks and one over 2nd street. They also built a pedestrain/bike tunnel on the south side to connect to the U of M bridge that crosses the river to the East.

Here are a few of the photos I shot today.

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Well, Family of Christ Blue gave us a run for the money. They started with 3 runs in the first and shut us out. After 3 we had come back to have a 7-3 lead, thanks to Pete's unassisted double play. The hit was between him and Steve, Pete fielded the ball, tagged the runner, then sprinted and dove into first glove first for the force! You should see that one on sports center tonight. We fell behing 8-7 and trailed 14-11 going into the bottom of the 6th. Nothing fancy but we hit and ran station to station and scored 10 runs. I have termed this a "Constance inning!", any time we score more than 7 runs in an inning. Jim and Scott each had a triple for our big hits on the night. Over all not our best performance but, we never gave up and kept fighting for another win. Half way through the season we are 6-0 and looking good. Here is a link to the standings.

http://www.eteamz.com/ahce-sports/standings/index.cfm?season=467201&division=4696648&subsite=748833

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My wife and I went for a bike ride this morning to the Coon Rapids Dam. The trail was littered with branches and leaves from yesterday's high winds. The path was also still damp from the rain where the sun hadn't found it yet. On a tight corner into a bridge over Coon Creek, I made the corner fine but my wife's bike slid out from under her into the rail on one side of the bridge. As she hit the side of the metal bridge, she was thrown across to the other side where her head hit the steel rail hard. Luckily she has made it a habit to wear her helmet as the cushioned the blow. We made sure she was ok and she wanted to continue on.

We proceeded onto to the dam which was hosting the annual Carp Festival. Largest carp wins the boat. We crossed the dam and decided to continue onto Elm Creek Park Preserve. There is a nice 6 mile trail linking the 2 parks. We stopped at the swimming hole for refreshments. From there we headed through the park to downtown Champlin and crossed back over the Mississippi River on the historic Ferry Bridge. By then we were becoming tired so we went straight back on Main St on the way home.

Thank God for helmets, looks like I will need to get one too.

Here is a link to the route, the crash occurred at mile marker 4.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/ride/united-states/mn/minneapolis/503396352575

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