Flakes

Cruising by the historic Sally Barber Mine with Jack & Rudy this morning.

Nice shot of the mine to our left. Look closely and you can see snowflakes against the
dark mine and against the grey sky in front and above us.

We did a split run this morning as I took Jack & Rudy on an extended tour of Sally Barber Mine before adding Zorro for a threesome skijor out & back French Gulch.

The main Sally Barber Trail is very wide and makes for a fast & easy "up, over and down" skijor. But, it is less than 3.5 miles to do just the main trail. So, I took Jack & Rudy onto some of the side trails along the way to add some distance. All of the side trails are very narrow single tracks. This makes for a highly technical skijor with a lot of trust in the sled dogs towing you through tight windows!

It doesn't get much tighter than this! You can see all 4 ears of Jack & Rudy, but you
cannot really tell where one body ends and the other starts!

We did an "out & back" on the narrow Trail of Tears near the mine. Well, as you've seen all season, an out & back requires a turnaround stop and, well, the kids and their turnaround stop antics:

"Yes, I am sitting on Rudy while he's rolling a snow angel!" declares happy & proud Jack :)
"No problem, I can still roll under Jack!" adds buried Rudy.

Once we transitioned from Sally Barber to French Gulch, it was time to add Zorro to the team for an out & back in the gulch. Love this shot showing all the snowflakes coming down around us.

Fast & fun trio with flakes all around. You can see snowflakes against their red and black
fur and you can see the flakes speckled all over the gray sky.

An out & back in French Gulch? Well, yes, at least they are consistent :)

"Really dudes, must you do that at EVERY turnaround?" asks Zorro.
"Yes!!! Rolling, rolling, rolling!" adds the goofball kids.

Today's video fun showcases shows our take off after turning around. At the start you see Zorro, Jack & Rudy trying their hardest to patiently wait for me to turn around and give the "ok" release. Waiting, waiting, drifting forward, drifting forward and finally the "ok" and we FLOOR it :)

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What a fun day as we glide to the finish:

"Whee, we are so happy!" says the fun trio!

A nice skijor this morning giving Jack & Rudy some extra distance around the mine before adding Zorro for a fabulous out & back with the full team: 7.7 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2019/2020 Season to Date: 107 days on the trails covering 724.6 miles with 66,600 feet of elevation climbed.