So what did we do today at Dew Claw? Well we got out in the sunshine and had some serious fun. And you are in luck, since I decided to grab my camera this morning and take photos throughout the day. Now there is no way these photos do justice to the beauty that was all around me, but hopefully they will give you a little taste of what we saw.
Jasper and Opal spent a good part of the day outside enjoying the unseasonably warm weather. Dogs got fed 3 times, a nice breakfast, a lovely frozen fish snack during the warmest part of the day between runs, and a meal of tripe after the second run. Then they finished the day with a beaver snack after the humans enjoyed dinner out with friends. I got 2 teams of race dogs out for a run. Still looking closely at everyone trying to decide which dogs will join me on the journey to Nome this year. And Victoria got the “V Team” out as well. Sadly that I did not get photos of her in action, as she went running with her team while I was out with the race dogs. All in all I could not ask for a better day.
And as I was out enjoying the beautiful light and the spectacular country I am fortunate to call home there was one song that kept running through my head…
Good Day Sunshine, so go ahead, click the link and cue it up as your background music to what I hope will be an enjoyable photo journey of my day.
*And speaking of clicking, you can click any of the photos below to see the full sized image, then you can use the navigation arrows below the full sized image to look at all of them full sized.
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- Jasper loves his team
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- Opal and Jasper
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- Jasper and Opal helping with the hook up
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- First run of the day
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- “Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.” – Willie Nelson
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- Happy Musher
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- “Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” – Omar Khayyam
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- “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” – Henry Ford
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- A little break to roll in the snow
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- “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.” – Edward Abbey
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- My attempt at a slefie with the leaders, Viking and Maven
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- Wizard and Dawn
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- “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. ” – John Muir
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- Back from the first run
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- Victoria getting some kisses
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- Jasper welcoming the team back
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- “We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
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- Nice fish snack after the run
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- Leaving the homestead
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- “To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.” – Tom Robbins
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- Second team headed out
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- “Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.” – Joseph Campbell
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- “Well we know where we’re goin’ But we don’t know where we’ve been” – Talking Heads
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- Topaz and Thistle in lead
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- “The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.” -Richard Bach
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- Another attempt at a selfie
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- Running home with the last of the glorious sunlight
