Wolf Moon Dogsledding

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 8:14am
Temperature: 42 degrees F
Conditions: Clear, cool
Forecast: Sunny today and tomorrow, lows in the 30s

It was 38 degrees F this morning here at Wolf Moon. Cool enough to run again. So I strapped on all my safety gear and harnessed up Calypso and we went for a run! We didn’t go far, of course. Calypso and I are de-conditioned now that it is Spring.

But it was a great run. Odd to be running through the cool woods when everything is green and there are flowers blooming pink, blue and yellow along the banks. And birds singing. It looks like Spring, feels like Winter.

Winter’s last stand…

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Location: Northwest GA
Time - 1:55pm
Temperature: 66 degrees F
Conditions: Wet, rainy
Forecast: Thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Lows in the 40s or 50s

Well I know this is a little bit after the fact, but I have an article in the current (March/April 2008) issue of Mushing magazine! It’s on page 53 and in the “Junior Mushers” section. It’s basically a little bio about me and some of what I’ve done. There are two pictures - one of me and Calypso after a scooter run and one of me racing in the 2007 Casper Mountain Sled Dog Races.

The magazine came to my Georgia address while I was in Alaska but I was able to get a copy directly from the editors while at the ONAC banquet - which was pretty cool. I was completely out of it that night though and felt tired and more than a little overwhelmed. Later, I bought some more copies at Cold Spot Feeds.

 Yeah, I’m still going on about Alaska. I miss it tremendously even though I have been back in Georgia for a while now. In the past three days, I have noticed that the leaves here are huge. I don’t know how they got so big, so fast but they did. It’s the green world here at Wolf Moon. Summer is coming, is on its way.

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Location: Northwest GA
Time - 5:26pm
Temperature: 76 degrees F
Conditions: Clear, light breez
Forecast: Rain tonight, turning to sun tomorrow. Lows in the 40s

So I was lying in bed around 5:30 this morning. Awake and feeling miserable since I seem to have picked up a cold. At least it’s not as bad as the flu but it seems to be longer-lasting. Anyway, my decongestants (which knock me out like a light) had worn off and I’d been waking up off and on all morning.

I just wanted to go back to sleep but I got kind of distracted by a weird noise. My first thought was “okay, here comes an airplane”. But the noise remained steady. A low frequency vibration that I almost wasn’t sure I was really hearing. So I lay there thinking “what the heck IS that?” The thought of earthquakes crossed my mind and I waited to see if anything shook. It didn’t but the noise went on. I decided that, since I had a cold, my ears might be stocked up and I probably was hearing an airplane. Anyway, I was too tired to really worry. I turned over and went back to sleep.

By the time I woke up this morning, I’d completely forgotten about the wierd noise. I took care of the dogs, had some breakfast and then sat around for much of the morning. Around lunchtime, I finally checked my email and noticed something about an earthquake. Since it was a list message and the earthquake was in Illinois (according to the email message) and wasn’t of particular interest IMO, I deleted it (I get a TON of emails and have to keep my inbox cleared out). Then I remembered the low noise and waking up in the morning. I immediately went off to my “deleted items” folder and found the earthquake message. Sure enough, there had been an earthquake and sure enough it had been felt in this area and sure enough it was EXACTLY when I heard the noise.

Weird. My Mom says that she heard the floorboards squeak as if someone were walking on them! Now that would’ve creeped me out. Also, something fell off the wall in the basement.

 Anyway, I know this has nothing whatsoever to do with sled dogs but I’m blogging about it anyway because I don’t have much else to do right now.

Cheers!

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Location: Northwest GA
Time - 6:06pm
Temperature: 55 degrees F
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, breezy,
Forecast: Rain or snow showers tonight and tomorrow. Lows in the 30s

Well, it’s been a long time and several thousand miles since I wrote my last post. I’m back in Georgia now and should be getting back to “normal.” Whatever that is. But no, although I’ve adjusted to the 4 hours time difference, I haven’t adjusted to not being in Alaska. I don’t think I ever have. Everything seems strang, warm, muggy and green.

However, I will say that there is NOTHING like a beautiful Spring in this area. The regular tornado warnings aside, I have really been enjoying the burst of life and color. Tiny leaves popping out, flowers blooming neon. The intense angle of the light.

It’s supposed to get cold and (maybe) snow tonight so that will be a change. I haven’t been able to run Calypso since I got back so maybe I will finally have a chance!

I am already working on next year’s schedule and I keep changing it every five minutes. But I am currently looking into some major changes. More on this later.

I’m so glad to be with Calypso again but I deeply miss the dogs of Northern Sky. Saying goodbye to sweet Princess was probably the hardest. She is in her teens and, although she still enjoys runs, her age does show. I wish her the best but miss hugging her and playing with her. And then I think of Orion leaping into my arms, Chaps doing his “ready for food” dance, Helen barking but coming to say hello (she was starting to warm up to me), Smoky rolling around…I miss them. I miss Alaska. I miss it all.

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