American Discovery Trail: Marseilles, Illinois

Bridge over the Illinois River at Marseilles

I played bridge three times this week, at a tournament near here on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, so I only walked four days. I will be walking along the Illinois River for another 50 miles before breaking away as the river turns south at Bureau Junction, Illinois.

Next week, I will only walk one day as I will be playing bridge in California with Mike.

So, how is that bridge going? It's going pretty well. My goal for this year was to get to 100 points and get to Regional Master rank, which meant I had to get some silver and red points as well as the 100 points total. However, I hit that mark on July 1, so I had to set some new, loftier goals. My new goals are to get 100 points for the year (adding to the 40 last year) and to end with at least 10 gold points. I already have 84 points this year, so that goal is a sure thing, barring some catastrophe. The 10 gold are proving more difficult, but I got 2.5 this week playing with Russ, and we still have three tournaments left (including the one with Mike next week), so I am confident about that goal as well, though it is not quite a sure thing.

No tournaments next month as I stay home more with Jackie after she has knee surgery, so September should be a good walking month.