Rudy Eight

Youngest Rudy's first 8+ mile skijor!

Young Jack's 15th 8+ mile skijor.

Veteran Zorro's 620th 8+mile skijor :)

Zipping along a perfect trail atop Rabbit Ears Pass!

I did not think Rudy would do an 8+ mile skijor this season. I figured by the time he was old enough to go that far that the conditions would not allow it. Oh boy was I wrong. We have had a great Mayuary and the conditions atop Rabbit Ears Pass this morning were near perfect! So perfect that young Rudy made his first 8+ mile skijor (8.1 miles).

Of course, it is late May, so we did see the occasional "signs of summer"...

Open water to our right but perfect crust straight ahead and to our left!

But, despite a few open water sighting like above, the majority of the day looked like the following photo. Endless snow as far as the eye can see and a perfect crust to let us skijor any direction we chose!

You won't find a much more impressive May 25th "snow photo" than this!
Flying Rudy next to hovering Zorro & Jack as we have endless crust to skijor all morning.

Come along for today's short video highlight as we were cruising all over Rabbit Ears Pass like you see in the clip all morning long!

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Time to turnaround, time for silly antics from the kids and time for happy smiles from Zorro:

"This is the best May 25th EVER!" exclaims happy Zorro.
"Did you expect different from us at the turnaround?!?!" says the silly snow rolling pair.

I mentioned the other day that young Jack & Rudy still get distracted by EVERY form of wildlife. From moths to moose - if it is alive, they are hunting! Zorro, on the other hand, knows that tiny wildlife is useless - if it's not a moose, elk, deer, bear or porcupine then it is of no use to him :)

Here we are getting ready to hand out the end of run pork treats and look who is the only one paying attention! There were a couple of chipmunks running around the bush in front of Jack & Rudy. Hmmm, a hunk of pork from me or a skimpy chipmunk in the bush? What would you pick?

"Pork!!!! Just give it all to me!" says smartly focused Zorro.
"But, look at the chipmunks! Can we have both?" asks the silly hunting youngsters.

They did abandon the chipmunks for pork eventually. Silly kids!

Rudy's first 8+ mile skijor! 8.1 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 21 MPH.

2018/2019 Season to Date: 123 days on the trails covering 714.4 miles with 66,800 feet of elevation climbed.