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Feb 13 – 15 – Cold, cold, colder

Feb 13 – 15 – Cold, cold, colder

7:30 am. varying degrees between -2, 23 adn -14.
Rolex, one of our puppies loves to watch. He climbs up the fence, rests his front paws over and checks out the action in the kennel. He has no interest in jumping over, he just likes to observe.
The thirteenth started out with a warm morning and a [...]

February 10, 2020 – The aftermath

February 10, 2020 – The aftermath

7:30 am. 13 degrees. It’s a little chilly and I’m on my way into work to water the dogs, pick up poop and possibly booty them for a morning trip. Kris calls and asks me to scrape out the cedar chips from the dog beds in the truck and replace them with hay. I’m happy [...]

February 9, 2010 – On the Road

February 9, 2010 – On the Road

8:00 pm – Monday night. I get a call from Kris asking me if I want to abuse myself. I generally love a little self-abuse, so I agree. He’s referring to a training session for his race dogs up on Buffalo Pass, then a few hours sleep and more training. I agree, excited but nervous.
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February 6, 2010 – Easy Days

6:30 am. 25 degrees.
Balmy morning that barely required gloves. I love it. The race team was heading out as we got in. E-bear and Kris were narrowing down his top picks for the upcoming ‘Race to the Sky’ in Montana. Last year Kris had walking pneumonia so had to miss it. This year he’s looking [...]

February 5 – 2010 – Listen!!!

February 5 – 2010 – Listen!!!

6:30 am. – 3 degrees.
The days have been warming up quickly and I’ve been loving it, although we could use a bunch more snow and a little less heat. The trail had patches of large flakes of ice which made it sparkle as the sun hit and we went around.
My first tour of the day [...]

February 4, 2010

February 4, 2010

6:30 am. -12 degrees.
Fingers and toes were burning as I forgot toasty toes and hand warmers today. Sara lent me a pair of toasty toes, so that helped a bit. Warmed up quickly and was soon in the 30’s and I was peeling off hat, gloves and jacket. The tour went well. We ended up [...]

February 3, 2010 – Wounded Soldier

February 3, 2010 – Wounded Soldier

6:30 am. 23 degrees.
Headed back to the kennel for some bad news. Sara had called yesterday to see if I wanted to come in and I declined, as I had other work for another company to take care of. B-bear was left to do the tour. A man fell off his sled and as it [...]

February 22, 2010 – A Return From Hugging

February 22, 2010 – A Return From Hugging

Headed to Aspen at 2:45 am to attempt the Guinness World Record for Most Hugs in 24 hours. I went down with two witnesses, Chris and Mike. We hit Aspen around 6:45 am.
We initially met with a bit of resistance as no one wanted to approve something that wasn’t organized by X Games and ESPN. [...]

January 25, 2010 – Overwhelmed

January 25, 2010 – Overwhelmed

I have to admit, I’ve been a bit overwhelmed lately. The last week brought an opportunity to head to the Aspen Winter X Games to attempt the World Record for Most Hugs in a 24 hour period (currently 5,000 held by Ireland). I have been scrambling through work, trying to organize banners, bookmarks and help. [...]

January 18, 2010 – Chaos

January 18, 2010 – Chaos

6:30 am. 7 degrees.
Was unable to stay warm today, not sure what was going on, even with Toasty Toes and hand warmers. We had five sleds in the morning, but none of the guys wanted to go in one group, they thought it would be too chaotic. Probably a good decision since one of the [...]

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