Archive for January, 2010

January 3, 2010

6:30 am. 23 degrees.
The day turned beautiful with the sun shining. Our morning tours cancelled with stomach flu, so B-bear and I were able to get through poop and water before Kris called and offered brunch at his place. I was starving even though it was only 10:30. We had breakfast burritos and half a [...]

January 2nd, 2010

January 2nd, 2010

Hollywood. RIP.
6:30 am. 18 degrees.
Today was probably one of the worst days I’ve had in the three years I’ve been there. It started out find, had a bath of ice water as we went around the trail and the weather couldn’t figure out if it wanted to rain, sleet or snow. We made it, and [...]

December 30,2009

December 30,2009

6:30 am. 18 degrees.
Nice warm day. Just when I think the trail is going to fall apart with dirt coming up through the snow, the snow starts falling. We’ve had a few inches and it’s still coming. I got to drive a very nice woman from Texas who who did staging of homes for real [...]

December 29, 2009

December 29, 2009

6:30 am. 3 degrees.
The most frustrating part about running dog sled tours is the lack of respect some people have for the dogs. We ask them not to run the dogs, to keep them at a steady ‘trot’ because they are running 12.6 miles twice a day with dogs that are up to 15 years [...]

December 28, 2009

December 28, 2009

6:30 am. -12 degrees.
This morning was the type of morning where my fingers and toes just wouldn’t warm up. Thank god for a super generous stash of Toasty toes and hand warmers from my good friends Carrie and John. It also helped riding at the back of the tour with the snowmobile windsheild blocking most [...]

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