Tuesday morning we awoke to an even warmer day.  We decided to train after the second drop and went out with me on the snowmobile with the team that Randy last raced, minus Raisin and Captain – Captain had pulled back so bad at the race that he is not going to use her this weekend at St-Methode and Raisin didn’t work hard so he is not going to race him.  After the training run he decided that Wolf wasn’t working very hard and might not use her!  Other than that the run went fine.  Then we tried taking a group out with Willy (the leader we got from Claude that was sore in the shoulders) and Cloud at lead for a 2 mile run– well we tried 5 or more times to have them leave and every time Willy would stop or turn around –so we don’t know what the deal with him is – whether he needs to know us better, he is testing us or just plain doesn’t want to leave here in lead!  Hermel says he has never done that before and is always charging ahead – so go figure!  We also took Spot (who ended up being in lead with Cloud and did very nice..) General, Jane, Dicksy, and Teddy- it was more for exercise than anything since they are all out of shape to race anyway even if they are not hurting anymore.  We all got back safe and sound with Randy having to get off the snowmobile (they were hooked to it) about 5 times to turn them (Spot and Cloud are not very good at Gee and Haw).

Well it looks like we are going to leave from this weekend’s race to come home (if I have found the right location on Mapquest – it would not make sense to come back to Bellerives since it is south of here and a bit west).  So we could be home as soon as Tuesday nite or Wednesday!  Say, Mark Kukal; if you have to come up and get some dog meat you might drop that snowplow blade down and clear a place for us to back up into…….

Wednesday:  Break out the flip flops and t-shirts!!!!  I spent most of the afternoon outside in a long sleeved t-shirt –you all have probably already had the weather that we are getting now!  I had to turn the furnace down and just use the heater and the it has been plenty warm all day in the trailer – what a change in the weather!!!

Busy day – started at the second drop by cleaning out boxes for the weekend and the trip home .  We had one more bag of soak and one bale of hay and had to totally clean out 7 boxes down to the boards.  Then refilled everybody with more soak and hay.  Then we went shopping – I was looking specifically for a plastic pretend grass mat to put outside the front door what with everything melting and wet boots coming in it can get pretty stinky –also bought an air freshener!!!  First went to Canadian Tire to see about getting some transmission fluid – Randy didn’t think to bring any with us and last weekend Hermel’s truck blew a line and thankfully Claude could find some in his truck – we don’t have the luxury of traveling in pairs……  We looked for a pair of boots like I got there for Randy because they are very light and easy to pull on and off (as opposed to Randy’s Muck boots or his Mickey Mouse boots)- the shelves where they were a couple of weeks ago are now filled with sandals and flip flops!!

Then we went to Walmart – no luck on a rug there either – then we had lunch at the Mcdonalds in Walmart – then to Rona for propane and no luck for a rug there either!

Back at 3 then I cleaned the house and Randy washed the truck and trailer – you can imagine the salt build up over the month!  Things look brand-spankin’-new!!!  So fed dogs and now Randy is waiting to help Claude feed his – then we go up to the house for a chicken dinner after we do our “after dinner drop”-

I was wrong about the weekend race location – apparently it is 5 hours north of here not south (Randy and Claude looked at the map last nite an there must be 2 different St. Methodes) – that means we may or may not stop back here after Sunday – just depends – and then it takes us about a day and ½ to get home.  So I will be able to post tonite and probably even Friday morning before we leave!!!  Who knows if there will be a place in St. Methode – we have never been there, obviously…………