Saturday, August 10, 2013

It's All About The Dogs

If there is one thing the Betsy loves in this world it is dogs.  Preferably huskies, but as she showed us yesterday - any dog will do especially if it is a puppy!

We started our day off at the home of a young Iditarod racer.  We able to see how he raises his dogs and interacts with them.  These dogs love him.  It was a fun stop - and we learned a lot about how hard, expensive and time consuming racing here in Alaska is.




Some of the dogs resembled a few of our relatives!
We learned that some of the best race aren't even huskies!

This sled actually raced in the Iditarod last year!




And then came the PUPPIES!!!!!
These puppies are only 2 weeks old.

Betsy called her puppy - Rex


Zac called his puppy - Thor



It was hard to leave, but never fear more adventure was coming soon

Next came a helicopter ride to the Punch Bowl Glacier



The conversation in the helicopter went something like this -
This is so Awesome, This is so cool!

We made it to the glacier.

Chinnook was so happy to see us!




This is my mom on the front and Betsy on the back - they were jamming!



A family the dog sleds together - gets there fast!


And then came more PUPPIES.  These puppies are 4 weeks old and are calling the glacier home for the summer

I think she was a little excited?


 Zac is going to get a job putting puppies to sleep on glaciers.  I am sure there is a big demand for that...

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