Where is the snow ?

We have been waiting for snow, but none to be seen. The kids say the trail is rough and I think they are right. I talked to Jonathon lucas up on the fish lake road and he says they have eight inches. The copper haul twister is held there. We will go to that race on Sun. The purpose is to expose some of our younger dogs to racing before we head out to other races. The kids race is a four dog race. Ben is too old to be counted as a junior in the race at the Copper Haul Twister. The next age group is the adult class and the distance they run is twelve miles. Twelve miles does not fit in with anything that the kids will do all season. We won't train a team to race twelve just for one local race in the Yukon. They will let Ben race four dogs in the kids race but will not allow him to collect any prizes. I hope Ben finds incentive to go to the race this weekend to give dogs experience.
We have been thinking of training a team for Ben to run at the Copper Haul twister. It will be later in the season once we get longer runs on the dogs. It will not be his main race team for the regular season that races at the copper haul twister. We may have enough dogs here to train a team for the longer race this year. I think Ben would enjoy racing with the adults.
It turns out to be another busy day for the Ben and Rachel. Ben with boxing again and Rachel is off to Volley ball after school. No training the dogs again today. It will be okay because they jump up miles next run and the dogs will be well rested and ready for the bump up. The dogs will run six miles. I think in the next blog I will talk a little bit about sleds and the differences in the way they are made and advancements over the years. Until next time thanks for reading talk to you all later !