Entertaining

Paused to watch a dog sled team cross perpendicular on the trail in front of us!

"Hey friends! Wait for us!!!" says focused Jack & Rudy.
Look up from Jack's left ear and that is the musher and sled.
In front of the sled, the "8 little dots" are the sled dogs :)

It was a very entertaining day for Jack & Rudy skijoring Swan Valley this morning. We got to do both of their favorite activities: moosing and sled dog flirting!

We started the morning doing some warmup laps on the Middle Fork Trail. Partway along the trail and we found fresh smelling moose tracks going up trail. Jack & Rudy kicked it into overdrive to search for the moose. But, all we found was the moose's "exit point" where it eventually left the trail and went back into the forest. Did it hear us coming and leave the trail just ahead of us? I think so given how intense Jack & Rudy seemed at the freshness of the tracks. Big, long-legged moose sure leave deep troughs when they exit the trail!

Jack submerged in the "moose track trough" as he checks for freshness.
Rudy has himself propped up on the edge of the trough as he is
studying the trough of tracks leading into the forest.
This trough of tracks was apparently VERY fresh!

We never saw any moose; but it was still very entertaining for Jack & Rudy to sniff & follow the tracks and study the deep trough leading off trail :)

Once done moosing in Middle Fork, it was time to go flirt with the dog sled teams from Good Times Adventures. Here is a fun shot of Jack & Rudy flying up one trail while an 8 dog team and musher are going the same direction up a trail parallel to ours. Here we come, wheeee!

Jack & Rudy flooring it as we are gaining ground on the
8 dog team. Love to play "sled dog chase" :)

A little further along and we spotted another team visible but far ahead of us on the trail. Ok, a target to chase!

Flying along Jack & Rudy as you can make out the sled+musher
directly down the middle of the photo. A few of the "sled dog
dots" are also visible in front of the sled+musher.

Today's video contains the prior shot. Come along as we are having fun gaining on the dog sled team far ahead of us on the trail until we have to go right whereas the team went straight. If you look really close, you can make out the team far ahead during parts of the video clip (maybe try watching in full screen mode). Once we turn right, we stop to yield to a bunch of snowmobiles coming along the trail. Well, stopped means you roll snow angels, right Jack? Right! Funny kid!

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Moosing and sled dog flirting: what an entertaining day! Let's tell Zorro all about it:

"Unless you brought me some 'moose meat', let's get on with
the 'end of run' pork treats!" suggests focused Zorro.
"So much fun this morning!" adds satisfied Jack & Rudy.

Beautiful morning for a 10.1 mile skijor with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2020/2021 Season to Date: 114 days on the trails covering 933.6 miles with 79450 feet of elevation climbed.