Well, I had one of my dreams come true! I got to mush! Jason and Myra know John Corta who ran the Iditarod twice. He said he was willing to take me. I didn't know it was 25 below in Galena when we went. We harnessed the dogs. I learned how to do it and harnessed two! All the dogs were so friendly. Jason took his own team of 6 or so dogs and I sat in John's sled for part of the time. The take off was exhilarating! I was a little scared because Myra and Jason were telling me their experiences of falling out of the sled, getting bruises, etc. Yikes! The snow was fluffy and powdery, the sun just about setting, the dogs excited, and then we saw something huge! A bull moose running on the trail. The dogs started barking and speeding up. whoo hoo! They seem so huge in the white snow. We went by some beaver dams and some overlfow. A little scary there was some open water and the dogs went right through it, no problem. Then, my hands started getting really, really cold. So we both thought that if I got on my own dog sled and team! It was so cool! I went back into the sled and put hand warmers in and then put my hand sin beaver mitts. They finally warmed up and then my feet went a little numb. We got back to the dog yard and went in to get carrot cake and tea along with wood stove fire! This was the highlight of my trip in Galena!
That night, we also went over to Jason and Myra's friends house. It was so great meeting new people, hearing how God is working in their lives, and playing games with the kids. I stayed up past my bedtime! Can you guess how late? 3 am! I'm growing up!
I'm here in Unalakleet watching the last of the tv. I think I watched my yearly quota of tv.
I'm so excited to see Berry! I'll try posting mushing photos later.
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