Everybody having a good time today?
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| "Oh you bet! We are having a BLAST!" says the happy, happy sled dogs. |
That prior photo is a rare one from Jack & Rudy. I used to get "synchronized happy face" shots from my original pals, Max & Zorro, quite frequently. But, with the Jack & Rudy comedians this is a rare synchronicity. Typically I get a "happy Rudy face" along side a snow angel rolling Jack or a "happy Jack face" along side a woo singing Rudy or a snow rolling Rudy. But, today we got a rare synchronous smiles from the two goofballs :)
We had another rarity today too - taking interest in a stick we encountered on the trail. Typically, Jack & Rudy will ignore most sticks along the way. But, every once in a while, a certain stick draw interest from one. Well, if it draws interest from one, then it ALWAYS leads to subsequent interest from the other. This dual interest tends to morph into a stick tug of war and today was one such occurrence:
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| "I found the stick first!" declares Jack, "Don't care, if YOU are interested in it, then I am too!" responds Rudy who proceeded to start this tug of war with Jack over the rare interesting stick :) |
Ok, two rare events documented, now it is time for what we really did today - skijoring!
We started on technical trails in the backcountry:
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| Wheeee! |
We then dropped onto the wide & groomed trails at Gold Run Nordic Center. When we first drop into the nordic center, we are far from any trailhead. As a result, we start out on trails that get very little traffic as most humans cannot propel themselves this far. So, we had trails that were groomed yesterday but still pretty perfect from very light traffic yesterday:
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| Zipping around a corner with pretty nice "day old" conditions far from any trailhead. |
How nice was it far from the trailheads? Well, nice enough for Jack & Rudy to FLOOR IT and top 23 MPH skijoring this morning. Come along for a glimpse into the fast, fun & wild ride:
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Eventually, though, we have to make our way back to civilization. Once we got onto the primary trail (and, thus, near the trailhead), the surface was pretty tracked up from lots of use yesterday. No problem, though, Jack & Rudy can catch air on any type of trail conditions :)
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| Whee - catching air along a pretty tracked up trail. |
Finally, it was time for one of Jack & Rudy's patented maneuvers of their very own - climbing tall snow walls to get face to face with me standing for end of run treats!
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| We are basically eye to eye as the funny kids found a VERY tall snow wall to climb today! |
A really beautiful day for a fun, fun skijor with my pals: 9.4 miles traveled with 800 feet of elevation climbed and a top speed of 23 MPH.
2024/2025 Season to Date: 59 days on the trails covering 445.2 miles with 42,200 feet of elevation climbed.
