Blustery

Laying fresh tracks in a nice layer of wind blown fresh snow. Whee!

The "haze" on the trees in the foreground is NOT fog or low clouds,
it is snow being whipped around by strong winds!

It was a very windy morning out on the trails. The temperature when we started the outing was around 7 F with a strong wind bringing the wind chill to well below zero. I was expecting a cold morning but not strong winds to add to the cold. As a result, the wimpy human cut the outing short due to extreme cold. But, it was only me who thought it was cold :)

The haze in this shot against the bottom of the trees is snow
blowing in the wind! Brrrr!

Come along for a fun video clip of the outing. If you simply watch the clip without volume, it is just impressive & fast running Jack & Rudy towing me along this fun and winding trail. But, if your volume is up, you'll hear the extreme wind being captured by the camera microphone. It is REALLY windy for the camera mic to pick up this much wind noise!!!

[watch on youtube if no video loads below]

Goofy Rudy is usually good for at least one "dork with my brother" moment on every skijor. Mature Jack often just looks the other way and ignores the silly kid...

"You KNOW you want to play with me!" says Rudy baiting Jack.
"You are a goofy little brother!" responds Jack.

But, occasionally Jack falls for it and takes Rudy's bait. Shall we dance?

Dancing or wrestling? Silly kids!
Oh Jack, you fell for it :)

As I said, only I thought it was cold; but I still get to end the outing early. Unfortunately, Nancy's camera had a smudge on the lens. But, you can still make out Jack & Rudy's happy faces for end of run treats:

Their happiness can shine through a blurry camera!

A wicked wind leading to a wimpy human calling the day early: 7.7 miles traveled with 750 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2022/2023 Season to Date: 39 days on the trails covering 323.0 miles with 27,850 feet of elevation climbed.