Today began with feeding at 7am. Boyd, Sue and I then meet at 8:30 to start booting the dogs It was a balmy -18 with just a slight breeze. Once everyone was booted and on the gang line, I was finishing putting my heavy coat on when the team left without me. Something I have thought about but never experienced before happened today. The gang line came loose from the ATV. I’m not sure how it happened but it made for a crazy time.

Boyd and I jumped on the ATV and got in front of the team to stop them. Being very fresh they were not very happy to ablige. I was able with get them re hooked to the ATV but we had such a tangle I ended up just turning them loose. Once we got them all home Boyd gave them water and then we lined them out again. We had some new trail which was great. We were out 4″15″ and went about 30 miles. We had a snack in the middle and several happy stops.

 It was slow going over the field to the golf course but nice once we got there. The dogs all look great and are doing better than Tuesday not having a neckline. I think we will keep working on it.

I bought two new dogs yesterday. They are from Aaron Burmeister’s main team from last year. He will keep them in Nenanna and I will pick them up on my way to Alaska. They are both males and both lead. I’m sure the will help round out my team for this year. There names are Tyler and Hawkeye. If they are at all like the other dogs I have from his kennel I know I will love them.

Today’s picture is from our work today.

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