I arrived home from the rookie meeting to -10F. I wanted cold so now I guess I have it for real.

The Rookie meeting was great. I got to see some old friends and meet some new friends. Several of us spent Saturday night in Martin Buser’s dog barn sharing stories and learning from each other.

Today began with me feeding about 6am. Boyd and I meet in the dog yard at 8:30 to put booties and harness on and we were ready to go. It was -15 or so and warmed up to a balmy -5 by the end of the work. We do not have enough snow to work with a sled but now that everything is frozen I will work on extending a trail so it is not so boring for the dogs. We did go 32 miles and are trying the no neckline approach. I spoke to many mushers and vets at the meeting that firmly believe that this is the way to go for the dogs. We had some problems when we stopped as everyone could head toward me for a pet. I think it will take only a few works before they have it down pat.

I am taking tomorrow off to work on trail but will be out with the dogs on Thursday.

Today’s picture is of Alaska.

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