24 Hours

What a difference 24 hours can make...

We skijored this stretch of trail yesterday and the water to our left
was NOT there just 24 hours ago!!!

It is pretty amazing that so much melting can happen and so much water can become exposed in just 24 hours. But, it is the middle of May with warm daytime temperatures. Yet, it is still "toes on snow" and skijoring the most we can while the snow lasts, right guys?

"We'll do anything to keep the season going!!!" exclaims the happy kids.

Despite a lot of melting happening in the last 24 hours, we still found some stretches of "perfect for May" trail to open up the skijoring engine:

Zooming along the remnants of a packed snowmobile trail from the
past winter. Wheeee!

We even found one wonderful & endless meadow of firm snow to skijor across. Keep in mind that there is no road under this snow but just miles of bushes in the summer. Come along for a video glimpse into the fun:

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

As nice as that video clip looked, by the time we reached the end of the meadow, the sun had already softened the snow and we would have punched through if we tried to go back across the meadow! As planned, though, we connected onto a snowmobile trail over an actual dirt road to continue going (snow over a road stays solid longer than snow over bushes). Of course, it didn't help that the goofballs paused to 'stop, drop & roll' 3/4 of the way across the meadow. Come on guys, we have to get over the meadow before it gets too soft!!!

The 'stop, drop & roll' twins :)

Another wonderful day to report back to retired mentor Zorro:

Yay for 'end of run' treats with our elder!!!

After the dwindling conditions of the past 24 hours, I was tempted to call today our last outing of the season. Yet.... there is a Winter Storm Warning forecast for late Thursday night through Friday and into Saturday morning. If this storm really materializes into what is forecast, we'll be back on the trails soon after the snow lets up. But, if the storm does not deliver, we may be done for the season.

Stay tuned and Pray for Snow!

Today's skijor tally: 7.4 miles traveled with 600 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 20 MPH.

2021/2022 Season to Date: 154 day on the trails covering 1287.4 miles with 120,700 feet of elevation climbed.