Write On! Pond Hockey in Minnesota

by Reese Strand, English 12, Mrs. Didrikson

Nothing describes a winter's day in Minnesota more than playing hockey on the river. Time after time it is something I will never grow sick of. Christmas break has arrived and the first thing I do is check the weather forecast for the day, it reads 20 degrees and sunny, pure perfection. I give my aunt a call to get the okay for us to come over. Her house sits right on the Warroad River and becomes my second home, winter and summer.

Once our Suburban is packed to the ceiling with hockey bags, we pile in and make the drive to Warroad. One by one my dad...