Brother Dive

Cool shot of Jack & Rudy sprinting along as we are first tracks on a freshly groomed nordic trail!

First tracks with cool snow poofs flying off the kids' feet!

We were not first tracks on the trail all morning long; but every time we were, Jack & Rudy were ready for "first tracks pedal to the metal" :)

Another beautiful stretch of first tracks skijoring. Wheeee!

At one point we were trotting up a rise in the trail when Jack got distracted by a moose or elk bed just off trail (bed as in an indentation in the snow where a moose or elk had laid). Jack hopped in the bed to roll around in the moose/elk scent. At first Rudy merely watched silly Jack...

"Yo bro, what are you doing in that moose/elk bed?" asks mature Rudy
simply watching silly Jack.

If you have met Rudy then you know "mature Rudy simply watching" is a statement never used before :) Sure enough, moments later and Rudy decided to do one of his patented high arching rodent dives ONTO JACK! Yes, apparently brother dives are just as much fun as rodent dives. What a nut!

"Incoming brother dive!" goes swan diving Rudy.
Yes he landed right on Jack! What a nut.

Ok, off trail silliness over and it was back to skijoring. I love this cornering shot!

The fast kids leaning into a right as they whip me around the corner!

Speaking of corners, come along for today's video highlight. This is a beautiful stretch of trail gliding through the forest with a lot of gentle corners winding along the way. None of the corners are particularly tight, so it was just a gentle glide for me as we weaved our way along. Such a peaceful stretch of trail!

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We did have a turnaround point during the outing and it was snow angels from Jack (as always) and woos from Rudy today. Sometimes it is woos and sometimes it is angels from Rudy as he likes to be the wildcard :)

"Turnaround, roll around!" goes snow rolling Jack.
"Turnaround, woos abound!" belts wooing Rudy.

Back to the trailhead to celebrate a fun outing with end of run treats from atop a nice snowbank!

"As always, we had a BLAST today!" declares the happy, happy kids.

A wonderful skijor on groomed nordic trails with a silly "roll in a moose/elk bed followed by a brother dive" mixed in for additional entertainment: 10.3 miles traveled with 1100 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 24 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 53 days on the trails covering 452.5 miles with 43,400 feet of elevation climbed.