Category Archives: Scootering

No, We’re Not Dead. It’s Just Summer.

Most of the summer has been blissfully, unusually cool and amenable to sneaking in scooter runs here and there. But August, it seemed, was determined to make up for the previous few months by stringing together as many 90F+ days … Continue reading

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Who are you, and what have you done with my Mush Puppies?

I started this blog primary to capture the beginning and growth of a brand new experience in my life and, to a lesser extent, as a place for friends and family (and Squash fans) to stay updated on what exactly … Continue reading

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Summer Break

Inevitably, it seems, the weather gets involved in my best laid mushing plans. After a busy May, June was filled with lots and lots of rain. When it wasn’t drizzling, it was pouring. When we didn’t have showers, we had … Continue reading

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Continuums and Musical Tugs

When I first started mushing, I had this picture in my head of how it would go: We would start training and then at some point POOF my dogs, along with every single moment of every run, would be utter … Continue reading

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Benefit of the Doubt

In my middle age, I’ve developed a fairly significant tree pollen allergy. Anyone living in Minnesota will therefore understand the depth of my addiction to mushing when I say I willingly – nay, enthusiastically – took my dogs out to … Continue reading

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Oh Maisy, My Maisy

Today when I went scootering, I accidentally messed up the “mode” setting on my GoPro and it was taking pictures continuously when I thought it was taking video. It turned out to be a happy mistake, because I managed to … Continue reading

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April Skijors Bring…. something something.

In the weeks following my last post, enough snow eventually melted to break out the scooter for a couple of runs. Although the dirt trails were still way too muddy for the scooter (deep, sucking, wheels-can’t-turn muddy rather than simply … Continue reading

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Longing During a Period of Absence

Partially because I am in a reflective mood tonight and partially because of the insomnia I am currently experiencing, I just re-read every single post I’ve written here from start to finish and realized that while I’m loving skijoring I … Continue reading

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A Flurry of Firsts

I try to mix it up, but there are really only so many ways we can scooter around our familiar stomping grounds. Sure I can park in different spots so we don’t always start from the same place, take different … Continue reading

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“Are You Bringing the Scooter?”

That wasn’t how my fall vacation started, but it was how my fall vacation began.  It started several weeks before my husband asked that question, when I made reservations to rent a cabin high, high up on Minnesota’s Gunflint Trail for … Continue reading

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