NWANW

Fun shot of Jack & Rudy zipping along a single track trail winding through the forest!

Zoom we go zipping through the trees.

Wondering about the blog title: NWANW? Well, here we go. The 1st 'N' is for starting the day on narrow single track trails.

The 1st 'W' is for dropping out of the forest and onto wide trails to uncork the skijor engine:

Laying fresh tracks in the morning's new snow. Wheeee!

Look directly above Jack and to the top of the prior photo. What is that white dot? Well, it's a snowflake hitting the camera.  We had light snowfall coming down on us all morning.  The snow is supposed to really pick up in intensity later today; but, hey, you have to start somewhere. Come along for the fun video clip of us gliding along amidst light snowfall.

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After the first N and W, it was time to transition from wide to narrow trails again.  But, a transition involves slowing down to change trails. Slow down? How about roll a round?

'A' is for rolling snow angels when slowing to
transition from one trail to another.

The 2nd 'N' is for galloping along in narrow single track trails again:

Galloping along narrow, shoulder to shoulder, trails.

Next, you guessed it, the last 'W' is for opening up the throttle on wide trails again. Now you get  the NWANW title: narrow, wide, angels, narrow wide :)

Zoom! Once again, all the white speckles you see in
this photo are snowflakes. Yay for flakes!

Finally, a really enjoyable trot with elder/retired Zorro to end the outing. He and Nancy met us up the trail from the Jeep. Frisky Zorro wanted to turn around and trot back to the Jeep with his little brothers. He taught them everything the know after all!

Yay for frisky Zorro gently trotting along next to Jack & Rudy
to conclude the day!

A fun day alternating between narrow and wide trails again and again: 7 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2020/2021 Season to Date: 108 days on the trails covering  882.5 miles with 76,300 feet of elevation climbed.