Waiting for (more) snow

27 October 2011. An auspicious day to start a blog? I guess we'll see.

It has snowed here in Fairbanks. Skiers are out on their rock skis, and I've even seen a four-dog team on the road already. But there's not nearly enough snow to anchor a hook, and as out-of-hand as the dogs are right now, I would definitely need that hook. Come to think of it, the sled's not really ready yet, either. I took the pad off this summer to try to figure out a better way to attach it, and then didn't get around to figuring it out. So I'll probably put it back on the way I had it last winter, and deal with the same annoyance (to whit, the cords get caught on the brake). I also need to modify the pad a bit by putting bolts through it, to create even more drag.

Let me tell you about my team. All of them are rescues, and all of them are fixed. Four of them are littermates, and one of them is their mother. Three of them are boys, three of them are girls. I love them all to pieces.

The four-wheeler is getting winterized (again, but for real this time), so that's out until either (a) it comes back from the shop, or (b) we get a bunch of snow. Unfortunately, (a) is looking more likely at the moment.

So we wait, and in the meantime, life goes on. I go to work, the dogs dream of kibble. There's enough snow to make for sketchy driving, not enough to have fun. Halloween is right around the corner, and I hope that Interior Alaska decides to dress up as a winter wonderland.