Winter Solstice..

 Been wanting to post for a while but not much to report between the cold and snow. Finally did get out on the sled with the dogs after several weeks of trying. It seemed as soon as I broke out the trail, it snowed a foot and then dropped to thirty below. But perseverance and my neighbor Butch's snowmachine finally had the trail runnable just in time for the solstice.

Gus is doing great up front and the rest of the team know their job. If I could just get them to listen up and calm down when we need to stop and take a break, then they'd be great. As it is now, if I have to stop for any reason, they just keep banging to go, pulling so hard I have no time to fix anything or rearrange dogs in the team. Probably just need to run'em further, so they don't have so much energy. A good husky is a tired husky!

Snow and Cold...

 Since the last post, we've had about a foot of snow, then a couple of cold spells where it got down to -25° F here at the house and -35° in town. So it's a good time to do indoor stuff and watch the sunsets.

The low angle of the sun in Dec. makes for long, slow sunrises and sunsets. With less than five hours of daylight now, you don't have to get up early or wait too long in the afternoon to see'em.

It's always a good idea to check the dog harnesses for any needed repairs. I'm trying to figure out how to make a larger size harness for mega-Mac, now the largest dog in the yard. Years ago I gave away the only XL harness I had, so now it's time to upscale a size large to fit him. The white webbing is left over from a project many years ago. Since it's all that's here, it'll have to do for the harness. I'm trying to combine two styles into one, a new improved model, that will let Mackey run like the wind!