THE RACE IN LACONIA WAS POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH. WE ENDED UP GOING TO THE NEWPORT, VT WINTER CARNIVAL AND GIVING DOG SLED RIDES TO KIDS. THIS WAS TO BENEFIT P.E.T.S. (PROVIDING ETHICAL TREATMENT FOR STRAYS). WE HELPED RAISE MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM WHILE INTRODUCING DOGSLEDDING TO YOUNGSTERS, VERY BENEFICIAL ON BOTH ENDS. ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 WE HEADED TO NORTHWOODS STEWARTSHIP CENTER IN EAST CHARLESTON, VT WHERE HAYLEY'S TEAM GOT AWAY FROM HER AND ROSA WENT OVER TWO MOUNTAIN RANGES WITH NO SIGHT OF THEM. WE FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH HER THREE DOGS ON THE NORTON ROAD, ABOUT TWENTY MILES FROM WHERE WE STARTED. THIS WAS PROBABLY THE BEST EDUCATION WE COULD HAVE HAD, ALTHOUGH ROSA KNEW THE AREA, IT WAS DIFFICULT TERRAIN AND VERY NARROW TRAILS. AN EXPERIENCE NONE OF US WILL SOON FORGET.
MARCH
WE HAD PLENTY OF GREAT RUNS IN MARCH. TRAILS WERE WELL PACKED AND WE HAD PLENTY OF SNOW. RICK AND ROSA WENT TO THE EDEN, VT RACES AND VISITED WITH OUR MUSHING FRIENDS THERE. WE DIDN'T BRING THE DOGS WITH US, BUT IT WAS FUN TO SEE OTHERS ENJOYING THEIR DOGS.
IDITAROD WAS GREAT TO FOLLOW THIS YEAR AS WE HAD BRUCE LINTON TO WATCH. I HOPE MORE PEOPLE FROM VERMONT MAKE IT TO ALASKA FOR IDITAROD. LYNWOOD FIEDLER AND BRUCE SO FAR, KEEP IT IN MIND ALL YOU DISTANT VERMONT MUSHERS. CONGRATULATIONS TO LANCE MACKEY AND ALL THE IDITAROD FINISHERS. TIL NEXT MONTH, HAPPY MUSHING.
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