Good Times

Our first run of this season on the trails at Swan Valley with the dog sled teams from Good Times Adventures. Wheeee!

"Love running these trails! Love running with the dog sled teams!" exclaims super
happy Zorro.

Zorro really loves to get out on the trails to search, find, watch, pass and run with the dog sled teams. It is such a treat for him to encounter sled dog friends on the trails.

We had fun finding and watching:

"Hey buds! I'm over here - wait for me!!!!" says happy Zorro watching the 8 dog team
go by on a nearby trail.

We had fun finding and passing teams on the trail:

"Hey dudes, Zorro coming through!" says Zorro as we perfectly go on by a teams paused
on the trail.

Today's fun short video: Zorro and I cruising the trails in search of dog sled teams until we finally come upon a team paused on the trail along with a logjam of snowmobiles in front of us. Zorro and I simply slow down (due to the snowmobile logjam) and pass on by our paused friends. Perfect Zorro!

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After running the trails for miles and miles, we hooked up little Jack to finish the day's run and it was more "sled dog fun" as we got to run at a team crossing the trail in front of us. Jack's first day seeing the dog sled teams on the trails - he was very excited :)

"Wowee! That looks fun!" says little Jack as a team crosses in front of us.
"Stick with me and you'll have a blast!" says fun Zorro.

The bittersweet moment of the day... Running the trails at Swan Valley with dog sled teams was one of Max's FAVORITE skijor activities. These were probably his favorite network of trails as he would get so excited to run with the sled teams. If you've read past year's skijor blogs, you have likely seen photos and videos of Max bucking, wooing and sprinting these trails. This was our first visit to this network of trails since the passing of Max. Zorro and I could not do this run without a tribute to Max. We paused for a moment to spread some of Max's ashes on the snow and reflect on our special Max. The grey you see to the right of Zorro's shoulder and below the center tree is a sprinkling of Max's ashes.

"You said Max!!!! You said Max! I soooo miss Max!" says solemn Zorro scanning the terrain
after I spoke Max's name a few times.
"I miss him too, Zorro! Wish we still had fast Max on the trails today!" I replied.

A fun day of search, find, pass and run with the dog sled teams with a bittersweet pause to take a moment to honor and reflect on super Max: 8.4 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2017/2018 Season to Date: 20 days on the trails covering 135.3 miles with 12,400 feet of elevation climbed.

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