Yesterday was the first day of spring, as I'm sure you're aware, but it sure didn't look like it here in the Greater Yellowstone Area (surprise right?). Winter is still hanging on by a thread, or should I say flake. As in snowflake. Lots of snowflakes. 🙄 We got a bit of a snow storm …
You know that saying, "be careful what you wish for"? Well, I was wishing for some fresh snow so we can hopefully go sledding this weekend (and so I don't have to worry about slipping on the ice left over from the last good snow storm!). And boy did my wish come true! It definitely …
We are supposed to get up to 40F today (!) with rain showers and there's no snow in the forecast for the foreseeable future, which means all this lovely snow we've had here since before Christmas is going to melt away leaving slush, mud and, if it freezes overnight, ice. Ugh. Not exactly ideal conditions …
I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! We had no choice but to hunker down over the holiday weekend as just about every road ended up closed in every direction here due to a winter squall that hit us hard. We were going to spend the holiday in Jackson but I'm so glad we …
I have to preface this by saying as mushers we don't mind the cold. We love living where it feels like we're in a hot chocolate commercial in the Swiss Alps all winter long! Our sled dogs, being from Siberia and all, actually run their best at between 0F and 20F. As their human companions …
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