Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Share

Beautiful morning for a mid-April fresh tracks skijor!!!

It's not a lot of new snow; but enough to open the throttle and
lay fresh tracks for miles and miles! Wheeee!

Rudy was in a particularly goofy mood at home this morning. Yes, "goofy Rudy" has "exceptionally goofy" days!!! I should have known his silliness would carry over onto the trails. Oh that silly Rudy :)

For example, we were cruising along the trail when a stick became visible. Usually if Jack & Rudy are moving, they will ignore and cruise right on by any sticks. But, remember, today was "goofy Rudy" day, so the silly kid decided to pick up the stick to carry along. He barely even broke stride and suddenly he had this large stick in his mouth as he continued to jog. Of course, goofiness is contagious between Jack & Rudy and Jack was quick to notice Rudy's stick :)

"Hey little bro, nice stick! Can we share?" Jack asks Rudy.
Notice Rudy is still jogging with the big stick in his mouth!
Goofy, but talented!

Of course, once Jack noticed, the kids had to stop to share the stick. Sometimes a stick results in a tug of war and sometimes it results in a polite, brotherly share. Today was "share the stick" day:

"Nice find! Thanks for sharing!" says stick chewing Jack.
"Happy to share!" adds polite Rudy.

Ok, stick sharing episode over, back to skijoring. Come along for a fun video clip as we are on a nice backcountry trail following a set of wildlife tracks along the way. We never found the source of the tracks, but they sure were fun to follow! The snow walls you see on & off to our left are wind blown drifts. Jack & Rudy are perfect at navigating through wind blown terrain. Wheeee!

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

The stick and wildlife tracks provided some nice entertainment along the outing. But, we spent the majority of the outing laying fresh tracks in the morning's new & untouched snow. Great day!

Laying fresh tracks again!

Done for the day, let's celebrate with retired mentor Zorro:

"Front & center for that bag of 'end of run' treats!" says focused Zorro.
"Don't drop them!!!" declares Jack.
"Glad everyone enjoyed my extra entertainment today!" adds goofball
of the day Rudy.

Another wonderful outing amidst this nice multi-day mid-April snowstorm: 8.9 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 21 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 135 days on the trails covering 1145.5 miles with 106,600 feet of elevation climbed.


No comments:

Post a Comment