It's endlessly interesting because it's never the same. The sculptors are always different, and the weather is always different.

Overall, we played pretty well considering the weather. It was good to beat Smithson Valley because they've been to the playoffs the last several years. Against Dobie, we just lost our focus and our intensity.

Sometimes the positioning is very precarious, and you have to sit for half an hour while they freeze it.

I learn something new each year.

Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields andwoods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be coldand hungry and weary.

There have been some down days (during which patrols were not conducted) because of weather and other reasons, but we are still patrolling the no-fly zones, particularly in the south, aggressively.