Quick afternoon ski on our home walking loop 🤍
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A couple more shots from last weekend, training and camping up in the Whites.
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Still reliving our vacation fun.
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A little bit of this morning’s “spring skiing run joy” for your weekend timeline 🤍
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In three days, the dogs and I will drive north for our last scheduled ski trip of the season. I know right where we’ll park, I know Wolfy will be a princess about getting her front booties on, and I know Wylie will be screaming to get going faster. I know we’ll hit the trail early enough to beat the snowmobile traffic, and that the daylight will just be rising in the east, still blocked by the White Mountains. I know which side we’ll ski up as we go up the pass. I know where we’ll turn down the long, zippy tree-lined trail to head back down…on the dogs’ longest ski, ever. . I know because I picked this goal out for them 11 months ago. I know from the intervening months of warm-weather mountain conditioning ascents. I know because we put in the effort for the last year to get Wylie’s early-onset arthritis under control and actively managed. I know because of Wolfy’s physical therapy results. I know because they’ve learned to tell me what they need, and they’ve told me, again and again, in our hours out there, that they’ve got this. . I know that discipline matters more than motivation. I know because despite being an old sled dog and a fake sled dog, they’ve already run nearly 200 miles in-harness this season. We were out in the warm, humid fall for 2 mile scooter runs mid-week, before morning commutes. We answered at 4am wake up calls, and drove 6 hours on day trips, and stole quick runs right from our front stoop on 1” of surprise snow (before the rain stole it back). They’ve done runs with thousands of feet of vert, and runs on ice, and runs through mud, and rocks, and deep powder. . I know we’ll complete the run, our goal for the season. . I know winter is short, and that after Alaska, the next season here will come quick. Good thing I’ve already set our next goal.
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Heading back to the city in a couple of hours, but we got one more ski in this morning in perfect conditions.
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Nigel was not the most enthusiastic skijorer this morning but he enjoyed being out in the snow. We have two races coming up so we have to work on our training! #havanese #dogsofbluesky #skijor #sugarbush #tofte
Different weekend. Different state. Different mountain. Same dog butts. Our ‘happy hour’ was awesome.
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The inaugural skijor in Estes Park was a blast. #estespark #skijor #colorado
Beautiful view from the hotel in Estes Park. Countdown to skijor! #skijor #estespark #colorado
Today?
Today was a good day.
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If I could bottle this feeling!!
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Started as a really warm day and then we hoped to beat the storm back to the car
#mushersky #mushing #skijor #xcskiing #dogsofbluesky #samoyed
Brought kasha out for an adventure with us, so I ended up stepping on the brakes to slow Ponchik down so she didn’t get left too far behind
#skijor #mushersky #samoyed #XCskiing
Wylie demanded that I share his new landspeed record with the internet. We hit over 15 mph today on skis!
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Friends, that did NOT disappoint!
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(#sfw)
German Short Haired pointer. May eventually do a wire on this pose but unsure if I will- hardly see any do pull sports honestly 😭
#pointer #bikejor #skijor #canicross #urbanmushing #openback #sleddog #procreate #digitalart #germanshorthairedpointer #huntingdog #redbubble
Fresh pow in Connecticut is rare these days and cannot be ignored.
Got a few slow happy miles in this morning with the crew.
#skijor #skijoring
Do you think shes having fun?!
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Also, my second time ever in skate-style Nordic skis 🫣
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We’re calling it a success at today’s Skijor Clinic and Race, put on by the Western Foothills Land Trust up in Norway, ME (1/?)
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Out about town this afternoon. A stranger asked to take our picture, and we skiied all the way home to our front door!
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Join us in the woods.
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Early birds and worms, y’all.
This morning’s 4:06am muster was rough. But so worth it.
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An uphill portion. Wolfy is the group project member who does the heavy lifting.
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Journeyed north.
Found the snow.
Happy.
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The face(s) of pure joy.
First time #skijor
I suppose #skijor is an effective way to exercise my 80 lbs shepherd husky mix.