Skijoring in the Pharoah Lake Wilderness
A perfect mid-winter day on Saturday. Sunny, cerulean blue sky and no wind. The snow depth map indicated there was borderline enough snow for one of our favorite skis, into Pharaoh Lake. We hedged our...
View ArticleCry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of skiing
This is definitely not me. Image via Wikipedia. Herb and I first skijored with our old dog, Hootch. A senior citizen already when he started, Hootch never pulled super hard or went super fast. He was...
View ArticleWoo-hoo! Skiing in the land of white joy
If you’re like us, you are tired of looking out the window and seeing no snow on the ground while reading about blizzards in Maryland and Texas. Luckily all that changed yesterday with our first snow...
View ArticleDoing the Charleston on skis
With a fresh coat of snow on the ground we couldn’t wait to get out for a ski. We headed out to Charleston State Forest near Esperance for my maiden voyage on planks this year. We’d never been here...
View ArticleSuper (canine) genius
I know I’m hardly unbiased, but I’m continually impressed with Rocky’s smarts. When I hooked him up to the skijor harness for the first time this year, he seemed to remember exactly what it was for. We...
View ArticleA river, a dog and some snow
So I got up early to stare at my dog’s butt for an hour… Wait, wait, wait. There’s got to be a better start than that. The snow glowed with a blue tint having not yet been blessed by the sun. My...
View ArticleXC ski, easy: Saratoga Spa State Park
Hacking away at the snow pack at the end of our driveway last week left my bad back a little twitchy, so I opted out of Herb’s ski up Greylock on Sunday and took Rocky over to Saratoga Spa State Park...
View ArticleNew favorite local ski: Wilton Wildlife Preserve
Herb was off in an undisclosed location this weekend (he’ll tell you about it when he gets back), so Rocky and I were on our own. Saturday, we headed up to Moreau Lake State Park for a snowshoe with my...
View ArticleSnow, glorious snow
Has it really been just a week since those first wonderful flakes began to fall? We’ve packed so much fun into the past seven days, it seems like it’s been longer. Last Thursday, Herb and I got up and...
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