Not Today Kid

While Jack usually succumbs to Rudy's play bows, every once in a while mellow Jack simply replies with a "Not today kid, let's skijor!" Today was one such day :)

"Come on big brother, you know you want to play with me!" declares bowing Rudy.
"Boring, not today kid, let's skijor instead!" responds mature Jack.

Despite Rudy's many attempts to bait Jack into a game of tag & wrestle, mellow Jack was just not in the mood for the wild kid today. So, Jack won and we skijored instead! Yay Jack!

We started the day in the backcountry with light snow falling around us.

Zooming along in the backcountry - wheeee!
The structure ahead and to the left is a what is left of an old mining
cabin from the 1800s when this area was the mining town of Preston.

After the backcountry tour, it was time to zip around the upper Preston loop at Gold Run Nordic Center. Jack and Rudy love to floor it on the nordic trails!

Cannonball Jack and Rudy the Missile zipping along the wide nordic trail.

We did pause once on the loop so I could check our time out on the trail. Well, I paused...

"Stop, drop and ROLL!" goes snow rolling, giggling Jack.
"Boring! Let's GO!" sings wooing Rudy.

Ok Rudy, you win, let's get restarted again. What next? How about catching some air on the main trail heading back to the parking lot? Whee!

Go kids, Go!

For today's video highlight we have a fun stretch of trail at Gold Run Nordic Center where we start out zooming along a wide open straightaway. Then, we come to a tight left in the trail. I can see through the trees to determine there is anything big (moose, groomer, human) around the corner but cannot tell if there is something small (loose dog, porcupine - both of which have happened in the past). So, I lean hard into the skis to take us through the left under control and then let the kids open it back up once through the corner and see nothing is ahead of us. Wheeee!

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With a plowed parking lot to end today's outing, we have plenty of snow walls to climb for end of run treats! Today was a nice tall one:

Eye to eye with my favorite pals as we share end of run treats with them
high atop a snow wall.

Today's tally: 6.3 miles traveled with 500 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 22 MPH. I cut the outing shorter than usual due to a bone chilling wind blowing all morning!

2024/2025 Season to Date: 38 days on the trails covering 277.5 miles with 25,800 feet of elevation climbed.