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Update: The News from Mornington Crescent!
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Spring 2005 was full of adventure. We completed our first Can-Am 250 race, with a fifteenth place finish, in 70 hours. Unfortunately, Andy was too busy handling to also serve as photographer. The pictures below were taken by my students on an all-women's cross-country skiing and dogsledding Outward Bound course in mid-March. As you can see, the students and dogs all had a great time!
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Carly and Kate get ready to drive a loaded freight sled to the next campsite.
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When we pause to take in the view down to Cold River and across to South Baldface Mountain from the Evans Notch Overlook, the dogs roll and frisk in the snow.
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The road along the Wild River in the White Mountain National Forest offers gentle rolling terrain--perfect for beginning skiers and mushers.
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Leah takes a moment to thank her wheel dogs, Tundra and Tryfan, for all their hard work. Unlike many working dogs, sled dogs can be petted, hugged and played with while in harness without fear of distracting them. When it's time to pull again, the affection just fuels them!
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In camp, the dogs live and sleep on a picket line tied between trees. They curl up in tight balls ("doggy doughnuts"), thoroughly insulating their legs, feet, abdomen and faces from the cold.
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What do you do when there are ten dogs to snuggle and you've only got two hands? Anne divides her attention as best she can.
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