State Representative David Bly, MN District 25B

Nothing seems so restorative to my busy mind as the company of good friends and pulling walleye from a beautiful lake beneath a clear blue sky.  Once a year I have the pleasure of joining three friends from my work in the state alternative education association for a fishing trip.  We sit for hours trawling for fish and renewal - renewing friendship, catching up on successes and challenges we all face.  These are all men who nurture young people and co-workers to do the best they can.  Minnesota’s system of alternative schools serves students who for a variety of reasons have fallen by the way side and without our efforts might not recover their footing.

We spend the evenings talking and playing cards in a remote cabin where we hear little but the wind in the trees, birds, and of course mosquitoes.  It was a short trip, but one I have come to treasure every year.