Sunday, March 12, 2006
Skijoring
Boy, talk about your fun deal, skijoring's the best. So, you may have heard, I got my first set of cross country skis this past week, skate skis. That's cool, I haven't figured out how to go forwards without using the poles yet but yesterday I took Bergey out skijoring with a sweet harness I made myself, gunbelt full of shotgun shells around my waste and a couple of my world famous knots in a length of the rope I buy everytime I go to Nome since it's such handy rope (kind of like how I always buy a box or two of the 2 gallon ziplocs each time I got to Nome). Yeah, so looking fierce we headed out. It was fun but Bergey's getting a little tubby so we didn't go super far. The only catch about the whole operation is I'm not really sure yet how to get out of the skis. I dork around with them for a while and then randomly I get lucky and one pops off. So, today I took both dogs out and what a blast! Together they go super fast. Last year Midge wasn't a big skijoring fan, she only liked going back to the trailhead (usually from only a couple hundred yards out), but this year she's a little older and totally works it. They're so happy out there. Kind of like the sled dogs on the Iditarod and stuff I guess. So, we flew down the driveway and I hung on for life on these skis went to Creamer's field and back. I crashed really good once or twice and figured that made for a good turn around spot. Wore the dogs out, too. They've been asleep for the past six hours pretty much. If I can figure out how to do it maybe I'll get some pictures of it before I head to Sitka this week.
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Hi Bob,
What a blast!! Skijoering :)
About time with those dogs...good exersize for all three of you :)
Yeah...I can imagine how excited they were...I started sledding with mine...had my first race 3 weeks ago. What a blast...if you ever check my website/blog you can sledding pics there with Freja among the doggies.
What a blast!! Skijoering :)
About time with those dogs...good exersize for all three of you :)
Yeah...I can imagine how excited they were...I started sledding with mine...had my first race 3 weeks ago. What a blast...if you ever check my website/blog you can sledding pics there with Freja among the doggies.
Hi Kim,
That's awesome. Pretty cool you made the newspaper. I'll have to work my connections on that front sometime, too. Yeah it was super fun. About one year ago was the first time I went skijoring. I borrowed the skis of Mike's 12 year old son and so my feet didn't fit all that well in his boots and the skis were a little short... but it was pretty fun. I took their dog Rascal out and crashed all over the place. Crashing's awesome. The best news is that Midge likes to skijor. It was kind of a bummer last year when she didn't like it because she has such fast relatives, her kennel's currently in 25th place on the iditarod and I think last year he didn't really make his big move until late in the race so he'll probably move up again.
That's awesome. Pretty cool you made the newspaper. I'll have to work my connections on that front sometime, too. Yeah it was super fun. About one year ago was the first time I went skijoring. I borrowed the skis of Mike's 12 year old son and so my feet didn't fit all that well in his boots and the skis were a little short... but it was pretty fun. I took their dog Rascal out and crashed all over the place. Crashing's awesome. The best news is that Midge likes to skijor. It was kind of a bummer last year when she didn't like it because she has such fast relatives, her kennel's currently in 25th place on the iditarod and I think last year he didn't really make his big move until late in the race so he'll probably move up again.
Umm Bob, I think skijoering means the dogs pull you... Not you pulling the dogs. Just an honest observation, that's all.
Hi Bob,
Wauw, you got Midge from Ken...that's cool. If you see him say hi from his old physics TA.
He totally made his move from Safety to Nome, just as last year...he finished 15th but I guess you already know that by now.
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Wauw, you got Midge from Ken...that's cool. If you see him say hi from his old physics TA.
He totally made his move from Safety to Nome, just as last year...he finished 15th but I guess you already know that by now.
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