I know, it’s been a while. My life’s been kinda eventful lately outside of mushing and dogs in general.. got a new job, found newly bloomed love, learning new things and all trying to balance everything else with getting the dogs out as often as I can… which isn’t much unfortunately
We’ve had some really disgusting and confusing weather here for fall. One day it would be 40 degrees and frosty (usually all week when I am working and cannot run dogs) and on the weekends be back at 70 degrees and humid. The leaves turned early this year though.. but were gone in about a week after downpours of rain. Luckily though, the temperatures have settled down nicely and we average 50 degree days and chilly mornings.
Autumn is growing into a fine girl, and earned her sled dog collar this evening. A very hard headed puppy.. that girl can jump 6 feet in the wink of an eye and be climbing up on a tree limb. She finally learned to sit and wait for her food now and is very obedient 
She isnt as leggy now but certainly has a build I admire on working dogs. Can’t wait to let her free run behind the team some more!
Anyways.. alot of people have begun to ask me if I’m going to this race, or that race. The question is NO. The only race I plan to go to this season is the Blueridge race up in VA and that is only because it is within driving distance. I’m having a financially tough year and do not have a reliable vehicle to travel 700 miles one way to run a 3 mile loop in 15 minutes, nor do I have a conditioned team for it. Calamity is due on (or at) Christmas with a litter sired by Waylon so I have also lost a valuable leader for the season. I’m working on distance this year and really want to break past that 20 mile invisible ceiling i’ve been hitting ever since I’ve been running dogs.
On that note… another reminder to y’all about my fun run that will be held up in the wilson creek area, Newland- NC the weekend of the 11-13th. It’s just a get together… so don’t expect too much. I just thought it’d be nice to have a meeting of the mushers of sorts down here in Carolina I haven’t gotten a ton of interest in it but hope to see whoever will come on down!
Will update on some more stuff soon. Calamity is due an Xray in the next few weeks so I will update on how many we will be expecting. This is a VERY promising litter and would be an excellent opportunity if you are interested in stepping up your team to the next level. email me if you have any questions or what not…. Happy Trails!!
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