Race Day at Valcartier!!!

Arrived in 2 hours with only a small delay getting off the expressway in Quebec City due to an accident- got here to find Simon Douin in the beautiful, flat, snowcovered parking lot (he is the owner of the resort here) so we parked our trailer next to his dog trailer (funny but since we started using a trailer for dog racing, almost all of the open drivers do...........)  It is much colder than it has been for a month or maybe 2 months!!!  In the 20's with lots of wind!!  Went in to the "inscription" (draw) in the hotel in the Tahiti Bar which overlooks the indoor water park from one floor above - watched lots of people surfing the artificial wave - Simon visited for awhile and we told him Randy used to surf when he was stationed in Norfolk Virginia  when he was in the Navy so he challenged Randy to go down and surf with him - when we said we didn't bring bathing suits he said we could just go in after hours cause he has the key!!!!!  Didn't take him up on it!!
Randy drew number 11 to start today - not as good as he would like but the trail is hard so it shouldn't make as much difference going out later as it does on a soft trail where the teams before you chew it up.......
Spent the evening talking with Jim and Kim from New York state (half way between Rochest ger and Buffalo) and Mario and Suzanne (our primary "help" this season - we help them with their 2 6-dog teams and then they help us.)  Mario is just getting to the point that he feels comfortable trying out speaking English to us - Suzanne speaks very well.

Woke up to very cold and clear weather - it's only 5 degrees now!!!!!  Randy will have to bundle up especially since they have the unlimited class scheduled for 11!!!!