We finally got to run real sled dogs, with a real sled. We stayed the night at a friends family home last night out in Salcha, about 40 miles south of Fairbanks. A friends boyfriend has 8 sled dogs that he runs for fun. He brought the dogs along with two sleds out with him. We stayed up late last night talking and catching up, but this morning and afternoon was spent on the sled. Chrissy and I both ran 4 dog teams to start with. I am hooked.
I couldn't believe how much fun it was. I thought that I would have been cold considering how cold it was outside and the wind and thrown snow from the sled ride, but I was sweating from all the adrenaline. After some other friends ran too, we hooked up all 8 dogs on one sled. I ran with the 8 of them and can honestly say that I am ready to be behind as many dogs as I can. The additional power and speed were such a thrill. This team was lead by a dog named Blaze that knows Gee and Haw really well, so it was really awesome running them around. Chrissy's commentary on all this is below and the photos follow that.
Hopefully I can get back on a sled soon, we have alot of projects going on this winter, one of which is doing some volunteer work for the Yukon Quest. Its this 1000 mile dogsled race from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, YT. http://www.yukonquest.com
Another of the projects is getting some chickens quarters together. We are going to raise some laying hens this spring. I just found out that the feed store gets their chicks in sometime in March, so we have a little bit of time.
Time for bed, Im rambling and tired. Work comes early tomorrow since the sleep last night was interrupted every 10 minutes by howling sled dogs.
0 degrees and still
-Justin
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