Joanna and John have been burning up the trails with their training regimen for the sled dogs. Joanna's first race the end of January is probably the most challenging. There are some pretty intimidating hills in those Sawtooth Mountains for her and the team to climb and descend. Only the tough of soul and body are able to persevere. At this point we are still hoping they will run the race since they haven't had much snow in the Duluth, MN area yet this winter. I suppose it would be more accurate to say that they DID have more snow then lost it because of warm weather and rain, then acquired some new snow. It certainly has been an unusual winter with the cold, snow, thaw, rain, snow routine we've been experiencing.
We've also had more folks join us for dog sled trips this year. Two people from Holland were passing through the area and decided to take in a dog sled trip. Then a girl from Australia and a guy from France and several from Thunder Bay, Ignace and Dryden. It's very enjoyable to get to know these people as they prepare for their adventure in the snowy woodlands.
We just had a heavy duty snowstorm pass through our area dumping about 8 inches here after raining for one day. So we are thankful for that. John has only had to plow the road twice now this winter which is a blessing.
Several times now we have noticed two otters flipping up on the ice in front of our house, playing around a bit, then diving back under. They are such happy little creatures and fun to watch.
Winter really is a beautiful, calm, peaceful time of year to relax in God's beautiful creation and work on projects that lay dormant during the busy summer months.
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