Christmas Run...

 Spent Christmas day getting all the gear ready and then taking the dogs out for their first run with the sled. Nothing exciting happened after we got'em hooked up and left the yard, that's always the circus part,  so an unremarkable run's a good thing. Spent most of yesterday pulling a groomer with the Skidoo and fixing the bad spots on the trail so that made for a smooth run.  Here's a video Andy shot crossing the road on the way home.

Went to our neighbor's place yesterday for a Christmas eve dinner. It seems to get smaller every year as some people move away or others pass on. Times change but life goes on. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Second Time Around...

The first cataract surgery went well, so now I get to have the same thing done on the other eye. It's not terribly painful, just feels like pea gravel stuck in the eye, so compared to other surgeries, it's not so much, but still not looking forward to it. Today was the last day to catch up on the things that needed to be done before hand.

It'd warmed up 30 degrees (-14 to +16F) from yesterday, so of course the first priority was to run dogs. I thought I'd be on a sled by now, but still not enough snow. Then took the Ski Doo over the hill and drug a truck tire over the trail. It's pretty rough down in the valley where the mega-tussocks rule, so will wait until there's more snow before switching to the sled. Finally got on the tractor, cleaned up around the dog yard, hauled in a load of birch that I'd bucked up, then scraped the little snow we'd gotten off the driveway. We're supposed to get a big dump of snow in a day or two, so figured I'd get'er as clean as I could before the storm hit. Amazing what you can get done in a day when you have to!