Dog Sledding

Shelley, Cliff, Sandy, and I were able to go dog sledding in the highest city in the US, Leadville, Co. We found this rental place that took dogs after they retired from racing in Alaska. This way the dogs were kept in good shape. We thought we would be going through the woods on trails, but we just rode around the flat areas. We each took turns being the Musher, driver, and riding in the dog sled or in the big sleigh that was pulled by our guide. The guide will pull the sleigh with the other riders and would stop periodically to change places and give the dogs a rest. The dogs would get really excited when the knew it was time to start running. This was quite an interesting experience and an acitivity that is popping up all around Colordo.

This is the whole group with a few of the dogs. We had such a good time.

The person standing on the back of the sled is the one who drives the sled and is mushing. Then there is a rider who just gets to relax in the front of the sled. That was my favorite part. Shelley liked mushing the best.

This is the dogs pulling mom on the sled and Shelley is the musher. They were running up hill and going pretty fast. The dogs sure love to run!

The two people who were not riding on the dog sled rode on the sleigh which was pulled by our guide on a snow mobile.