dog sledding

Well I did not write much about the last few weeks as it was just a normal time of getting started in the new term and getting settled after an astonishing holiday in the US.
But now it gets curious!
I am just back from an awesome weekend. I guess it was one of the most enjoyable weekends I had so far. I was dog sledding! With the Brock Outdoors Club we drove up north to Algonquin Park and there we met up with Meg and Toby from Outward Bound.
10 humans and 37 dogs were on their way through a beautiful, snowy national park. Whoever knows me and therefore knows how much I love dogs and all those other funny animals would have loved to see me there. And yet, on this trip it was so nice to play with the dogs and care for them. It was really cool to see the enormous power that five, six or seven dogs develop to pull a sled with equipment and the “riders”, in one case Bekka and myself. Sure, uphill we had to run “behind” the sled, but on the flipside downhill were dedicated to the use of either the pad break or the massive break.
We could have slept in a heated tent. Actually it was a white canvas tent with an oven inside. The bottom was covered with straw (no, not in the oven area) and it was really comfy in there. However, I decided to sleep in the dog sled – which was just amazing!
On Sunday afternoon I had the chance to sled solo but as the dogs were tired it became even a little bit boring. Isn’t it the same with reading so many words at once? So stop reading and enjoy looking at the pictures.