The Powers Pack spent 6 weeks at Baisley Lodges this winter while we trained for the Can Am. As this You Tube video suggests, it is a slice of paradise anytime of the year. We especially love it in the winter since we have access to wonderful […]
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Here is a nice article about The Powers Pack in the Bayside Gazette. http://www.baysideoc.com/eastern-shore-lifestyle/Eastern-Shore-musher-hits-the-trail
Read more →We did it! It took us a while–5 hours and 20 minutes to be exact but we finished the Can Am 30! We dug deep and climbed hill after hill after hill for 30 miles during a snowstorm! It was a thrilling experience and I was so […]
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Remember a couple of bulletins ago I told you that I had to reconstruct my Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion chart down to 20 below? Well, it appears that once again I was a bit overly optimistic. At six thirty this morning it was minus 31 degrees Celsius […]
Read more →It’s Wednesday of race week. All the long training runs are behind us. In fact, all training runs are behind us. There was some talk of getting a last, short 5-mile run in today but cooler heads prevailed as the temperature went up to about 35 degrees […]
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You know what bugs the heck out of me? Reporters who use the word "surreal". It is one of the most used and least descriptive words on cable and network news. Wolf Blitzer: "So, Fred, it really does look a like a surreal scene there in Cairo. […]
Read more →On Saturday March 5th, I will be at the starting line of the Can Am 30 International Sled Dog Race on Main Street in Fort Kent Maine. I have been on a wonderful journey this past fall and winter, training and conditioning myself and my sled dogs […]
Read more →Week 3 started out on a high note. Our goal on Monday was to do a 30-mile run. I met Rob Cooke who wanted to run his dogs 40 miles and we headed out just as it started to snow. The snow prediction of 3-6″ didn’t worry […]
Read more →Our training this past week focused on endurance and getting used to being out in temperatures hovering around -14F. Three days of frigid weather forced me to work on the right combination of clothing for myself. I have the cold weather gear I need but keeping in […]
Read more →This morning around 9:00 I look out the upstairs window of our cabin at Baisley Lodges and do a double-take. Floating down the Madawaska River is a piece of ice roughly the size of a football field. For a second I can’t figure out whether the cabin […]
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