Mushing Widow

I know most of you have heard of hunting widows but at our house it is mushing season and kayak season. Bryan is taking very opportunity to run dogs when the weather is cold. (I don't blame him)

I have been entertaining myself with my sled dog race addiction. Some people can talk about NASCAR or football. Not me, I talk about mushers. I am currently monitoring the Yukon Quest. It is an amazing 1,000 mile race from Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada to Fairbanks, AK. Unlike the Iditarod there are few teams entered, less checkpoints, and more big climbs. I enjoy listen to the updates at KUAC. This weekend is the UP200. Our friends in Michagan will participate.

Sick!

Sorry I haven't posted for weeks. I got really sick and was out stuck at home for two weeks. Stratus and Kim were here, too. We thought Stratus had the same stuff I did but now we are not sure. He is going to have some more test. Lucky him. Lucy and Walla went on the road with Bryan while I was sick. I heard Kim grumbling about always being stuck at home with the sick dogs. How does she think we feel?

This last week Bryan went to a big meeting in Dallas, TX. He won a Circle of Excellence award. We are very proud of him.

Hopefully things get more fun around here soon.

Happy New Year

I guess Kim has been really busy this last week. She has been whining about having to go back to work. I wanted to recap our holiday break. Everyone seemed to have a great vacation. A highlight for the sled dogs was our trip to May Creek Cabin for New Year's Eve. We spent two nights there. This is our fourth trip to May Creek during the Winter Break. Puppy and I were not able to pull on way out so Walla and Lucy had to do all the work. I hurt my paw. NO I was not faking it.

Merry Christmas

The sled dogs and I want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Kim made a slideshow card so scroll down.

Happy Sled Dogs

I think I heard Walla and Lucy singing "It's the most wonderful time of the year." The sled dogs are very happy because it is finally cold enough to run the sled. The last few weeks have been in the 40s which is too warm for sled dogs and way too warm for me to be pulling anything. Saturday it went from 28 degrees to below zero in just a few hours so we were off and running. Bryan hooked us up and sent Kim down the trail on the sled. Yes, Kim! I know kind of scary but she did okay not wrecks or anything. Bryan is still recovering from a nasty cold so he was the handler this weekend. Sunday it was at least 10 below zero when Kim took Walla, Lucy, and me for a long skijore. Stratus is on light duty because he was sick a few week ago. If you ask me the boys in our house are wimps. Of course you will notice there are no pictures because Bryan was in charge of the camera. I think Kim needs to teach him how to use it.

Willow is MAD!

Today we took Lucy and Stratus and hike up Red Lodge Mountain. One of the best thing about pre-season is that the dogs get to go with us to mountain. Willow and Walla stayed home and neither is very happy about it. This was Stratus's first ski trip. He seems to have difficultly controlling his speed and direction. He ran into me twice.

Indian Summer

You can always tell when Kim is super busy at school because she doesn't take time to post for me. Since the big snow the weather has gotten really nice again. Bryan was able to stain the Red Lodge fence last week. It must have been a big project because he was covered in stain. Yesterday, Lucy and Bryan and I climbed Red Lodge Mountain. Bryan was trying out his new ski boots and his old ankle. I guess the ankle did okay, he was only limping a little at the end. Kim, Walla, and Stratus all stayed home. Stratus has been sick. He had pneumonia, which could have been really serious. Dr. Mark thinks we caught it early enough but he is still suppose to take it easy for a couple more weeks.