6:30 am. 0 degrees.
Christmas was frosty and I took my sister, her fiance and our friends out for a dog sled with the old timers. Alma Rose was put in and she pulled beautifully the whole way. We managed the -10 degrees with wind chill and were able to get home in time to manage [...]
6:30 am. 9 degrees.
Morning tour was fantastic. Photographer Jace Rivers came out to shoot – www.jacerivers.com. I got to drive the sled for the first half while he photographed and scouted locations to come back. For the second half, he drive and I was able to ask a ton of questions about his photography, freelancing [...]
6:30 am. 19 degrees.
Today is the second day of me working three jobs – dog sledding, wine distribution (stocking/selling) and working on some articles. Am doing okay and my sister is getting into town, so will be nice to have some family around for the holidays.
The dogs are calming down a little as we get [...]
6:30 am. -3 degrees.
Frosty morning, but as it was our first day of double tours – one in the morning and one in the afternoon, the effort to get everything ready kept me warm. E-bear and I gave the dogs baited water then set up harnesses, sleds, lines, snowmobiles and radios. We managed to get [...]
10:30 am. 29 degrees.
Today was our first day of dog sled tours. While we haven’t had a lot of snow, there’s enough to cover the trail. I felt the initial pangs of anxiety/excitement hoping all would go well. We only had an afternoon tour so had plenty of time to get things set up, check [...]
7:30 am. 11 degrees.
Today is the first day of running sleds instead of four wheelers. I couldn’t wait. We got set up, went over proceedures with the new guys and headed out. I choose teams and leaders and we got set up. I was the last team out, so released the other guys. Then I [...]
7:30 am. 33 degrees.
Lots of snow this morning. It started out blowing sideways and bit gusty, then turned to a wet snow that made mashed potatoes out of the snow we had. Bill and I were the only two in today, so we did chores – watered, picked up poop and fed. We re-filled the [...]
7:30 am. 23 degrees.
The boys were convinced we weren’t going to run because it was snowing and we’re trying to get the trail packed down. I knew we would because it’s been a few days since everyone has been out.
Our first round, I had Darryl who ran the day before. He must have been worn [...]
7:30 am. -23 degrees.
The boys were frosty, feet feeling the cold, but I had toasty toes and hand warmers and I was feeling good. The sun was shining and other than the cold, it was a beautiful day.
Kris was nervous about starting the machines in such cold weather, but two of the four wheelers started [...]
8:30 am. 20 degrees.
The day started out warm at twenty degrees and cloudy with hints of snow. As we started harnessing dogs, the winds picked up so I grabbed a face warmer and goggles. By the time we headed out of the kennel the snow was coming in sideways. The dogs were working hard and [...]
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