On the edge of our seats....

Like the title of the post says, we are on the edge of our seats here at the kennel. Mark and the top 12 are on the move! Like the White Oak, and Beargrease, the UP200 has a web site and you can track the mushers as they race. We've learned from the last two races, it's agonizing to wait for the updates. By the time the information is posted about coming into a check point, Mark could be pulling into the next check point. Mary is busy being the handler extraordinaire, so we can't call her. So we wait. And wait. It drives me crazy! I'm not as patient as I'd like to think, I guess. Oh, as I was going through the musher names to find Mark, I ran across our neighbor Neil's name. Go Neil! (just not faster than Mark:))

In the mean time, the show must go on around here. Wednesday after Mark, Mary and the dogs left, we did chores around camp, like dishes in the house, and changing straw out for the dogs. The temperature definitely dropped, so the dogs were pretty pumped for new straw.

Yesterday, Thursday, Rob took the snowmobile and broke trail after the snow we had on Tuesday afternoon, and wind all day Wednesday. While he was out, I was on bootie duty. We are on a limited supply of booties, and with the cold temperatures being predicted, can't run without them. I dug some out of all the sleds, and went through some of the wet ones and hung them to dry. Until we get to the laundromat, this was the best option. I wrangled up enough to cover both 8 dog teams.

Today was amazing weather. Much warmer than Wednesday and Thursday. A 24 hour break before the temp dips down again. The sun was shining and the sky was blue. It made for a great run. We wanted to get a run in before tomorrow. There is a huge snowmobile rally going through the area tomorrow. The rally will be using about 2/3 of the trails that we also use. There is no way that we will be out running with all those snowmobiles flying around.

Saturday (tomorrow) will be a day into town. We'll hit up the laundromat, for us and for the dogs booties. We're also going to visit Lyndsay's dairy. Mark and Mary heard that raw cream and butter have essential Omega fats that might help with Honey's seizures! We're going to give it a shot. It can't hurt, and how amazing would that be?! I sure hope it helps. I'll try and write everyday that Mary is away, just to keep everyone posted. Until tomorrow.....