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 [...]
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