Rudy Birthday

Today is young Rudy's 5th birthday! My how the little woo machine has grown fast!!!

"Happy WOOday to me!" belts out wooing Rudy.
"Who sings 'happy birthday' to himself?" asks curious Jack :)

I could not have asked for better conditions to put together the perfect skijor outing for Rudy. We have yet to skijor Baldy Mountain this season as that terrain is very steep and very rocky without sufficient snow cover. I have been waiting for the powder day to let us do Baldy for the first time this season. Well, last night delivered as Breckenridge Ski Resort got 11" of powder and we even had 4+ at home. So off we went to Baldy to enjoy a fresh powder day for Rudy's birthday.

Why is Baldy perfect for Rudy? Well, Rudy's three favorite activities are wooing, running and flirting (in that order, I believe). Baldy is popular with locals and always full on powder days. The perfect place to woo, run and flirt...

Here we are near the beginning of the outing and I asked Jack & Rudy to move to the right to let this skier pass by. As she got close she said, "Wow, I wish I had your setup!" Rudy responded, of course :)

"WOOOOO! I'd tow you tooooo!" responds the wooing flirt.

So many opportunities for Rudy to "flirt and fly" on the trails today! Jack too, but we'll focus on Rudy for his birthday...

"Coming through! Aren't I impressive?" says flirting Rudy to the
oncoming skiers as we fly by.

We are always great entertainment for the skiers on Baldy as we bring smiles to their faces as we fly on by:

"Whee - made you smile!" says cruising by Jack & Rudy.

We also took two side trails off the main trail to enjoy a little untouched powder:

Yep, 11+ inches of fresh powder on Baldy too!

But, we spent the majority of the day on the main Baldy Trail for the wooing & flirting birthday boy. Come along for a fun ride on steep Baldy. This is one of 4 passes we made on this stretch of trail and each time we encountered multiple skiers to flirt with as we flew on by :)

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What a fun birthday celebration for the wooing, running & flirting redhead. A PERFECT day for him!

"That was FUN!" exclaims happy Rudy.
"Hey, I had a blast too!!!" adds happy Jack.

What a week: a Christmas run where Jack surpassed 5,000 career skijor miles, a great skijor for my birthday on the 27th and a flirtatiously fun skijor for Rudy's birthday today! Unfortunately, Jack's birthday is July 20th, so this wraps up our week of skijor birthdays.

One thing about Baldy - we trade distance for elevation: 7.4 miles traveled with 1400 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH.

2022/2023 Season to Date: 50 days on the trails covering 423.8 miles with 37,600 feet of elevation climbed.