This Way

Moose tracks drifting off trail and into the trees!

"Moose went THIS WAY! We should too!" suggests silly Jack & Rudy
pausing to gaze into the trees looking for the moose that left these tracks
that were NOT here just 24 hours ago!

We were on the same network of trails as yesterday's skijor; but we did mix it up a bit for variety. We started today's outing by exploring ghost town ruins from the mining days of the 1800s in this area:

Zipping through a large collection of old mining buildings in various
states of decay.

Then, as with yesterday, we dropped onto the fast trails at Gold Run Nordic Center. The kids were in real "pedal to the metal" mode once we got on the nordic trails. Well, ok, they are almost always in "pedal to the metal" mode; but today just felt a like a little more oomph from my power pals:

Catching air on a fast nordic straightaway. Wheeee!

Come along for a glimpse into the "pedal to the metal" kids this morning. As you can see, they were really into a sprint groove today!

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We did pause twice. Once to inspect the moose tracks I showed in the first photo and once for me to check our time out on the trails to see which way to go at a fork in the road. Well, I paused...

"Stop, drop and ROLL!" goes snow angel rolling Jack.
"Stop, pose and WOO!" goes singing Rudy.

The structures you see up from Rudy and (snow covered) up from Jack are more old mining ruins. The area we were in was once known as the Town of Preston and was actually as big as Breckenridge at one point in the 1800s. All that remains today are ruins scattered throughout the forest.

Jack & Rudy typically run very close to one another and you can tell this is their preferred separation. But, every once in a while, the kids will test the full width of the gangline on a wide trail. It is rare. Why? Well only Jack & Rudy can answer that :)

Testing the full width of the gangline and wide nordic trail as the kids are
in a rare "far apart" separation but still running fast and catching air.

Wrapping up another fun outing and, as usual, it is all smiles from Jack & Rudy as they tow me to the finish:

Happy kids, smiles all around!

Finally, of course, it is time to celebrate another fun skijor outing with end of run treats:

"Ready!" says happy Jack.
"You have my UNDIVIDED attention!" adds super focused Rudy!

A nice skijor through some ghost towns with a finish on fast nordic trails: 8.8 miles traveled with 900 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.

2023/2024 Season to Date: 100 days on the trails covering 853.1 miles with 82,600 feet of elevation climbed.