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Beargrease Prep »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 6:48pm
Temperature: 23 degrees F
Conditions: Cloudy, MUCH warmer
Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of snow flurries tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the 20s, lows in the single digits
Well, after dipping down into the minus 20s and 30s for a bit, we’re back above zero, almost to the freezing point. It feels downright hot, [...]

Results For The White Oak Classic »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 2:16pm
Temperature: 12 degrees F
Conditions: Mostly cloudy with a few snow flurries
Forecast: Cloudy today and tomorrow with snow showers. Highs in the teens, lows just below zero
Here are the results from the White Oak Classic 10-dog, 130-miler last weekend.
From: http://racing.byers-web.com/WO3/final?rid=8

Bib #
Musher Name
Div
Finish Position
Finish Time
Actual Trail Time
Speed
Rest Allowed
(Rest plus Time Diff)
Rest Used
Adjustments (?)
(To Actual Trail [...]

Waiting At The White Oak Classic »

Location: Northome, MN
Time - 6:07pm
Temperature: 9 degrees
Conditions: Mostly cloudy
Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, highs in the teens, lows in the single digits
I am currently sitting in the car at the Northome checkpoint of the White Oak Sled Dog Classic, waiting for Blake and Jen to arrive. We were at the start in Deer River [...]

And Winter Came… »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 1:25pm
Temperature: 16 degrees F
Conditions: Sunny with a few high clouds
Forecast: Few snow showers today and tomorrow. Highs in the teens, lows around zero
I think I need to start a new blog called ‘Music Reviews From The Back Of A Dogsled.’ I say this because that is a combination of two of [...]

The Long-Awaited Update »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 8:05pm
Temperature: 18 degrees F
Conditions: Overcast
Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow. Highs in the teens, lows in the single digits
I’m still here! I’ve been meaning to write an update for quite some time now but everytime I had a little time to do so, I did something else instead.
We have snow now. [...]

Snow And Such »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 7:29pm
Temperature: 22 degrees F
Conditions: Clear, colder
Forecast: Partly cloudy today and tomorrow. Lows in the teens, highs in the 30s
Sorry for the lack of entries lately…I have kept plenty busy with other things. But I figured I should at least write a quick update.
The first snow was followed by T-shirt weather for [...]

First Snow Of The Season »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 10:40am
Temperature: 34 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, snow flurries
Forecast: Windy with snow showers today, partly cloudy tomorrow. Highs in the 30s, lows in the 20s
It has indeed snowed! Not a lot but enough to make the ground (mostly) white. It started yesterday on our long day-camp run. As usual, we had the [...]

The Leaves Leave »

Location: Finland, MN
Time - 9:34pm
Temperature: 38 degrees F
Conditions: Clear
Forecast: Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers tomorrow. Highs in the 40s, lows in the 30s.
There is a chance of snow showers on Sunday! And then freezing rain next weekend. Hopefully that won’t be too bad.
We just got back from a workout and I’m a [...]

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