Timber

A hilarious "timber" from Jack as he falls into his patented snow angels at our turnaround point of the morning's outing :)

"Timber!" demonstrates comical Jack.
"What a goof!" says happy Zorro.
"I can't bear to look!" adds cute Rudy.

We had a fast & fun skijor on the groomed trails at Breckenridge Nordic Center this morning. I love the following shot of Zorro & Jack. Rudy is just barely out of sync - almost a perfect hover husky trio:

The adults (Zorro & Jack) as a perfectly synchronized skijor machine.
Big Rudy just barely out of sync. We cannot call him "little Rudy" any longer as he is
bigger than both Zorro & Jack! Can't wait until the brain matches the body :)

Some video fun from the day. Come along as we are flying along the fast trail. Near the end of the video, Jack decides he wants to "change lanes". It is beautiful to watch him slow, step back, change lanes and the launch back into the group. Impressive skills considering we were running in the neighborhood of 20 MPH!

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Why the lane change from Jack? Well, I've come to learn he really loves to run in shallow shoulder powder if it exists. After executing the perfect lane change, I watched him dip in & out of shoulder powder:

"Love dipping my toes in the shoulder powder!" declares fun Jack. Notice the "snow poofs"
behind him from his dips in&out of the shallow shoulder.

There are a few "monster dips" on the trail we took. I know to slow and/or stop to get under control before letting the strong trio launch me into a dip. We were going so fast today, I decided to come to a complete stop before entering one of the dips....

"But why stop before launching?!?" asks perplexed Rudy.
"Just say 'when', I'm ready!" declares happy Zorro.
"You ok back there?" asks always polite Jack.
Notice the CAUTION sign on the tree behind Rudy. This is why we are stopped to collect
ourselves. If they have to warn a cross country skier about upcoming steep terrain, imagine
what happens when you enter the dip behind three sled dog machines!!!!!

End of the day's run as I plant my left ski to slow the endless kids:

"Can we go again?" ask the happy happy trio!

Fast & fun but still short for young Rudy (he may be big, but he is still in the 'limited time/distance' age): 5.2 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 51 days on the trails covering 278.1 miles with 24,850 feet of elevation climbed.