ONAC "at a glance".......

NO computer access for the last 4 days so here it is - quick and dirty.......

Friday he went out with 17 dogs and when he came back he said it was the worst race day of his life (and that includes crashing into a tree and losing his team at Laconia, NH!!) - he had a tangle 5 miles out and then Hedwig got out of both his collar and his harness and was running loose then a driver came by shouting like a wild Indian and when Randy asked him to stop he said he had to yell.....then he had another driver try to pass him 5 different times, stopping each time until finally his team could get by - then Cowboy decided he was done running at 15 miles and had to be loaded - yes......it was a depressing day...

Saturday started with 13 dogs - the day went pretty well and he actually was in 14th place for the day- the problems he had were related to having Echo in lead (just as I had in my team at the Limited North American - when he stops to poop you really stop....)

Sunday was good but slow with 10 dogs- Echo ran his little heart out in the team and was very impressive until Randy had to load him at about 23 miles - so the Red Lantern again.....not what we had hoped for, but back to the analogy of being able to race in NASCAR - even if you came in last, you raced with the best!!

The banquet was very nice with halibut and prime rib - sat with the Hartums and enjoyed their company!

Today I have some sort of flu bug and am sleeping as much as I can - trained 2 small teams and got a puppy that is 5 months old delivered in place of the dog, Red we gave Jennifer Probert last year (he is running in her 8 dog team and does excellent!!) Hartums went out with Mark in front with 8 dogs in the front and with each of the 3 kids with a team following behind him!! You don't see that very often!!!
Had to go to McDonalds again to be able to get on wifi - even being here it is not working well - takes about 15 minutes for it to pick up the signal......any suggestions??????????

Will write again as soon as possible!!!