Mitz - it was Tahoe that Dad loaded (dog we got from Claude Bellerive and came originally from Lou Serre)- and Sarah did a great job leading!!!! She was really setting a fast pace - faster than the other leaders had (Sylvie and Molly). Dad's only scary feeling is from when she stopped dead in the trail to pee during a race last year!
We trained 2 teams of 11 on beautiful (you should be here Jason!!) hard packed (except in the bog/burn/clearcut where it blew through and drifted shut from one team training to the next where the first team got too close to the edge of the packed trail and then all but disappeared from sight for a second) trail from the race yet - cold but sunny (thanks Mitz for letting me borrow your goggles!) for 7.5 miles, nice easy training fun for the dogs. This time no problems controlling the team with the snowmobile. Snapper still seems to be not feeling well, his line was slack most of the time. Pretty much everybody else ran good.
Pretty much all the people are gone except the Swedish and Norwegian teams and Lou Serre are all still here training. Seems like a ghost town compared to how many people were here all last week. Does mean I get to use the indoor bathroom instead of the port-a-john (can you imagine how cold those toilet seats were in -20 degree F weather??????!!!!!!!)
We had decided from watching the dogs try to eat ice from the ground that maybe they need more water when it is cold so we are watering 3 times a day (once with dinner) and so that means more "dropping dogs time" - like about 6 per day!
Dinner tonite on the "one-burner stove" was mashed potatoes, lima beans and fried fish. Compared to yesterday......a great day! the worst thing that happeded today is my roll of toilet paper fell in the dog water!!!! Still have free internet service and will update tomorrow!! So far I have read 5 books and Randy 3.
Special Loves to Caitlin, Ocean and Aeja who like to see Grandma and Grandpa are thinking of them and "Baby Chavis" who is growing and growing and growing!!!
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Glad you had a good day training. Sorry to hear about the "TP" in the dog water and yesturday sounds like it was a real struggle.
What did the truck need? I hope Dad has been happy with the different motor this year.
I'm working again. In Colorado Springs today and fly here to Salt Lake to Oakland tomarrow.
Thanks for keeping us up to date on your trip. It's fun.
Love
Jess
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