The season is about toast

I took seven dogs on a short run this morning to see what I’ve got left for trails. Not much as it turns out…

The trail is melting, melting, just about gone

This is the view just about a quarter mile from my house, at a swamp where the trail is about to cut right into the forest. It isn’t all as bad as this. In fact, parts of the trail are still white and firm. I should have a few runs left before I stash the sleds for the spring.

The dogs on this run included four that just got back from running the Iditarod for Sebastian Schnuelle: Solomon, Antelope (alone, one up from wheel) and Solo and Coyote. They settled into an Iditarod trot, real smooth and not too slow. I have a short video…