Look at what we stumbled upon at Rabbit Ears Pass this morning!
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| Whoa, a FRESH groom! Holy smokes! |
Yes, the local snowmobile club had groomed some of the trails late last night and we were first on the new groom for miles and miles this morning! We pay yearly dues to the snowmobile club, so it is perfectly fine that Jack, Rudy and I were the first snow machines out on the groomed trails this morning. What a fun late April surprise!
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| The fun kids catching air again on the fresh groomie zoomie. |
Eventually the surprise groom did end. But, conditions were still perfect to keep skijoring the packed snowmobile trails for miles.
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| No more fresh groom, but still perfect late April conditions! |
While the surprise groom might seem like the highlight of today's outing, it was upstaged by another event at one point. A suicidal squirrel darted across the trail in front of Jack & Rudy and nearly became a trail snack for them!
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| What a stupid crazy squirrel to dart in front of two meat eaters!!! |
Now let's put the squirrel event to video. Come along and watch as we start out galloping along until the suicidal squirrel darts across the trail, barely making as Jack & Rudy are on the hunt once they see it! Nothing like a squirrel near miss to add a little extra juice to the Jack & Rudy skijoring engine!
[watch on youtube if no video loads below]
It was above freezing all morning long, so I knew this would happen at our turnaround point:
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| "Turnaround, roll around!" goes the silly kids rolling in the snow to cool their jets :) |
Since we (barely) missed the squirrel, how about some pork end of run treats instead?
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| "Ok, we'll take the pork; but that squirrel would have been tasty!" says the fun kids. |
It is not often we come across conditions good enough for a 10 mile skijor in late April: 10.4 miles traveled with 900 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.
2024/2025 Season to Date: 99 days on the trails covering 757.5 miles with 74,200 feet of elevation climbed.
