Stick

Jack & Rudy finding "something to do" while the slow human puts his skis on :)

Stick tug of war!!!

Jack & Rudy often remind me just "how slow" I am at the trailhead stepping into my skis to attach the boots. Typically they will roll snow angels when they get bored with my slowness. Occasionally they will posture & play if I am taking too long. Today, though, they introduced a new "the human is slow" activity to pass the time: playing tug of war with a large stick. Technically, it takes me all of about 1-2 minutes to put my skis on and that is a "lifetime" to Jack & Rudy :)

Ok, skis on and the human is FINALLY ready to go. Jack got it! Rudy wanted to bring the stick along for the run - silly kid.

"10-4, going!" says lead dog Jack.
"Ok, but I'm bringing my stick along!" adds goofy Rudy.

They stick only made it about 20 yards with Rudy before he realized he was losing pace with Jack and the slow human was catching him. Once the stick was dropped and everyone joined into the skijoring activity, it was zoom, zoom laying fresh tracks in an inch or so of new snow. Wheeee!

Zipping along! You may not be able to see what is "the trail" in this photo
but Jack & Rudy have perfect trail following skills and virtually always
keep "on trail" regardless of how hidden it is below the snow!

We were quite thrilled & surprised to find ourselves being first on the trail almost all morning long. No April Fool's here - we were laying fresh tracks on April 1st almost all morning long!

Nice powder poofs behind Jack & Rudy as we fly along this
perfect untouched trail. Wheeee!

Come along for a glimpse into the fresh tracks fun. The GPS clocked us at 23 MPH along this stretch of trail. Laying fresh tracks with the pedal to the metal :)

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So much fun this morning, let's get in tight with retired mentor Zorro to celebrate another perfect day skijoring:

"Thanks for coming back! How about those treats?" says focused Zorro.
"Sticks, fresh tracks & flying - all in a day's work!" adds the silly kids.

A beautiful skijor outing to start April: 10.2 miles traveled with 700 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 125 days on the trails covering 1060.0 miles with 99,200 feet of elevation climbed.