As the weather finally warms up, the Great Falls Voyagers follow suit, going 5-1 in their first six games of the season and sitting two games atop the Pioneer League North.

It’s the best start I can remember, and it feels really good!

The Great Falls Voyagers have hit town, and will open on the road against the Billings Mustangs on Tuesday night. Their first homestand starts Friday and goes through the following Tuesday.

In the meantime, both the Electrics and the Stallions seem to have hit their stride in out-of-town baseball tournaments. Good news, but we’ll see how that plays out when they return to conference play a little later this week.

The family is fantastic. It’s so wonderful to see these kids now as adults, and watch their interaction: in some ways still childlike, but in others so adult-like. When Tyler gets home on July 20th, there will be a week where the circle is complete. What anticipation!

We used to have an expression about Michigan weather: “If you don’t like it, wait a bit, and it’ll change.”

That old saw works just as well for Montana.

A week ago it was below freezing at night (the tomatoes survived, though) and raining practically all day. This week we have 70’s and an occasional 80 all week, with less than a 30% chance of precipitation.

Good thing:

• The Electrics and Stallions are in the midst of their seasons, though neither team is particularly stellar this year (they should have merged years ago);
• The Voyagers come to town beginning tomorrow(!); and
• It’s shorts weather, for Pete’s sake!

Officially, summer arrives a week from today; unofficially, summer is whenever baseball can be played!