Softball in Minnesota, and searching for buried...

Yesterday was our first softball game of the season - on April 28th - the temperature was about 35 degrees with 10-20mph winds. Yes, this is softball in Minnesota, where "summer" softball league includes the chance for snow.

We lost 12-14, but the fact that we even played is amazing, since we didn't have an umpire, lights, or home plate (or so we thought). We finally noticed that the dirt around home plate seemed a little high, and someone had a shovel and started digging...4 inches down there it was! Here is a graphical depiction of the 10 guys digging for buried "treasure" (thanks to Robin for taking and sending me the pics!)