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Spring Cross Training Vacation 2014

It’s become a tradition to take the Mush Puppies, as we say in Minnesota, “up north” in the spring and fall for a mushing vacation. Usually we scooter, although last spring we were fortunate enough to be skijoring at the … Continue reading

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Rainy Day Fun?

It rained today. All day, so far. Which is a good excuse for me to binge on streaming movies and video games … except for those dogs who think up stuff like this if they don’t get their pesky exercise … Continue reading

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Free Play Friday!

Sure, we love mushing. But sometimes we just hang out in the backyard on a gorgeous spring day and I take a bunch of pictures of them. There was enough of a break between being able to ski and the … Continue reading

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It’s Maisy Day!

What can I even say about this dog? Maisy’s predecessor was a dog named Roxy. Roxy was one of The Great Ones, and the first dog I’d ever had who made me want to get the same breed again – … Continue reading

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That’ll Do, Trail. That’ll Do.

It was raining yesterday morning when I got up, so I ended up going to a yoga class instead of running the dogs because I knew the trail would be muddy. But then it cleared up and stayed sunny and … Continue reading

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New Season, New Trail: Videos

Here’s a couple of videos from our new trail. This is right near the start, a nice HAW ! And so many things to love about this. Nicely lined out, a waiting nicely and a good start. And not fazed … Continue reading

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New Season, New Trail

After Pip and I scouted out the new trail earlier this week, we got some rain and snow. The snow melted right away, and although I wasn’t sure what kind of shape the trail was going to be in from … Continue reading

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Reconnaissance Musher

Over the winter we tried out a new skijoring trail that initially I adored. As the season wore on, though, it turned out not to be the greatest for skate skiing. It wasn’t groomed, and that was fine at the … Continue reading

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Cold Snap Scootering: Not Unique

We always get a lot of friendly interest when we’re out scootering. Today a nice young man asked me if what we do is unique, and as I always do I relish the chance to explain that this is a … Continue reading

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More Scooter

As of today, the woodland dirt trails are almost iced out. Enough to scooter on, which meant we could go farther without being too hard on those feet. These trails are pretty soft, so it’s a good workout for them. … Continue reading

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