Archive for June, 2008

Iditarod 2009 Sign-Up Is Today »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 8:06pm
Temperature: 89 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 60s
Here is an article on the 2009 Iditarod sign-up, which is today.
From: http://www.adn.com/sports/story/449408.html
Rush is on to mush in Iditarod
SIGNUP STARTS TODAY: Entry fee is $4,000, which is a grand more than ‘08.
By MIKE [...]

It Doesn’t Always Go Smoothly »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 7:29pm
Temperature: 89 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 60s
Not every run goes well. This morning’s scooter run, for instance, was not what I would consider a success. To start with, it was warm. Calypso was starting to get bored with the [...]

Calypso »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 6:33pm
Temperature: 87 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
Calypso is a fantastic little brat of a Siberian Husky. She was born in July of 2005 at Kristari Kennels (then based in Louden, Tennessee) and came to live with me that September. [...]

April »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 6:23pm
Temperature: 87 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
April is an aging English Springer spaniel. She and I grew up together and, to this day, she still believes I am her litter mate! I used to crawl around on the floor [...]

Wilson »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 6:11pm
Temperature: 87 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
Wilson is a hound mix that showed up on our doorstep one rainy day in November 2002. We believe someone dumped a litter of puppies nearby and that he was one of them. [...]

Bunny? What bunny? »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 11:42am
Temperature: 82 degrees F
Conditions: Clear, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
A few days ago I hit the trail early with Calypso and we were the first ones out. I looked up ahead towards a grassy patch and sure enough there was a little brown [...]

Wolf Moon Is Heading North! »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 10:23am
Temperature: 76 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy
Forecast: Sunny today, thunderstorms tomorrow. Highs in the 90s, lows in the 60s

Photo from http://mck-blog.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-time-fun.html. Check out the link for more cute puppy photos!
Well, some of you already know the news. The rest have heard me hinting about it for weeks and are probably wanting me [...]

Aspen »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 5:55pm
Temperature: 75 degrees F
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, few sprinkles of rain
Forecast: Possible thunderstorms tonight, sunny tomorrow. Lows in the 60s, highs in the 90s
Aspen was my first Siberian husky. She was born on January 20th, 2000. I adopted her as a puppy when I was eleven and felt very strongly that I [...]

Something that really bugs me »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 3:43pm
Temperature: 84 degrees F
Conditions: Mostly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms tonight, sunny tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
I’ve been involved with the mushing community for a long time now and I know a lot of mushers and dogs. It’s a wonderful community united by dogs and, for the most part, [...]

Almost Summer, Feels Like Fall »

Location: Northwest GA
Time - 12:04pm
Temperature: 80 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, cool-ish
Forecast: Partly cloudy today, thunderstorms tomorrow. Lows in the 60s, highs in the 80s
Well, after a nasty late spring heat wave, we’ve had a few VERY nice days. We had rain about a week ago and it filled up the creek again (although it is [...]