Race to the Sky

Bryan and I took a spear of the moment trip to Helena, Friday afternoon. (By spear of the moment, I mean he called me at 11:45 and said let's go The Race to Sky, can you leave at 2:30?) Since I work with great people, I was able to get out of work a little early and we made it to Helena by 6pm. We attended the The Race to the Sky Mushers' Banquet.

Our friend, Ed Stielstra, brought a team of dogs and one of his guides to run the race. Ryne Olson, is a 21 year-old, just started working at Nature's Kennel and is trying to qualify for the 2011 Iditarod. The Race to the Sky is a qualifier. It was really fun to hang out with Ed and Ryne at the banquet. I guess Bryan is a "legend" at Nature's Kennel. I guess in a good way, because he had such a good attitude with a dislocated, broken ankle.
This was Ryne's first race. I was the photographer. I used NK's Cannon Rebel. I was a lot worried about getting a good picture.

(I didn't take the close up pictures - I borrowed them from the Race to the Sky site)

But the best thing about digital cameras is you get to see what you did. I love "burst" mode, my thoughts are, if you hold the button down long enough, you are bound to get at least one good pictures. I think I did okay. I hope Ryne thinks they're okay.


I had a great view for the start. There were 13 teams that left every two minutes so it went really fast. I tried a bunch of different camera angles. I like my pictures until I saw the pro pics.

Mushing Season is in Full Swing

Willow has been running so often she has been too tired to post.

So I thought I should try to at least get some pictures up.

I haven't been taking as many pictures as usual.
We have been doing a lot of skijoring but the butts of dogs doesn't seem that interesting when I looking for things to photograph.

Notice who is giving me the love!