update

Women's Challenge 2010

Tolinka

Trek

I do not write much at this blog anymore. Mostly I keep my facebook pages up to date and the website but I thought I would do a quick update.

PIDT had an interview on NPR, Hear It Now, a few weeks ago plus we were interview and video taped for WDAZ TV. Chris and I took out the reporter with her camera on the sled so she could experience it first hand. This was the Friday that the Women's Challenge started. Weather had warmed up into the low 30's and we had a lot of melting and lost a lot of snow on the trails. But the dogs never stopped pulling and did a great job.

For the WC we had women from ND, SC, OK, and MN attend. Snowshoeing, stargazing, orienteering and dogsledding was all enjoyed by all, plus down time next to the fireplace with mulled wine. PIDT is working on 2011 dates and have 10 women already signed up.

Tolinka and Trek are getting big!! Tolinka is a handful and very, very vocal. Trek seems a little more easy going but he will be a challenge to work with too. Both seem to love people and enjoy coming out to RWBC to meet people.

Kotah is dying. He has stomach cancer and because of the location of the tumor, his age and health, we decided not to have the operation to remove the tumor done. We would have been taking him to the U of MN for this and the feeling was he would not survive. So we are tending to his needs and so far he seems happy and not in pain.

Gracie went home a few weeks ago since the girls started coming in heat. Gracie was a big asset to the team. But the 12 dogs that still can work are great.

We are busy at the camp with groups, families and couples. We received more snow and of course the prairie wind to rearrange the snow into very tall drifts! Oh well at least it was not rain that froze as many other areas received.

Have a wonderful winter and hang on and never let go