Americano Blue's musher/mushing chat thread

[RezChamp]

Hi everyone. OMGoodness!! We finally got some sun. After a week it's finally not cloudy and dreary. Thank goodness.
It snowed here yesterday too. More like dusted with frozen rain. It didn't even cover the grass on the lawn.
I shoulda known we'd get some and then it would all get melted. LOL, Just like I don't know what to complain about more.

Rosiegirl, maybe try this, ask your folks if they want Nala to have more mutt pups that they can sell for $25-$50 or if they would rather have purebreds they can sell for $500.00? Kinda like 'reverse psychology'. Happy Birthday Hank

Oh my, my wife just started watching a movie. "The Edge" with Anthony Hopkins & Alex Baldwin. Kinda intense. I'm having a heck of a time tryna finish this post. LOL.
phew! good show.

Gona give-up 1 of the dogs that I have been looking after. The pregnant 1. She's a mutt anyways. Small, yappy, pregnant from goodness know what.

So now I'm goin outside to try take pix of my sled and Birthday Brood. Hope to be back on later with pix for y'all

 

[RezChamp]

Hi y'all.

Finally got some pix of sled. I don't know why my phone wouldn't send pix of the Birthday Brood tho'. Keep trying I guess. Get it done sooner or later. So here goes tryna get sled pix onto here
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Well it looks like it worked.
We'll find out when I press submit..........

 

[Americano Blue]

Thats a really cool sled!

 

[RezChamp]

Thanks Blue. I'm really quite proud of myself. Probably be like the rest of my major projects(motorcycle build, truck build, snomo build,etc.) and end up being a one time thing just to prove to myself I can do it. Actually hope it doesn't' though.
Did you take notice of the foot-pads? Talk about "cushioned soles" eh. Because it's rubber it doesn't stay extremely cold conducting cold to my feet and it stays flexible so any snow pops right off as soon as I move my foot off of it. Also, because I usually wear old style mukluks I get a sure foothold. The black bungee cord is for when the blue one loses some of it's elasticity in cold weather which happens even with "Arctic Bungee Cord". I just hook it onto the blue one's hooks. I would have liked to buy a set of adjustable claw-brake arms with replaceable carbide tips but didn't have the patience to wait for delivery in 7 days. Then I got to thinking......Where I go sledding.....I don't require carbides,. most of my mushing is in deeper and/or semi-packed snow not on hard-pack or ice.... ...soooo..... ....this wide piece is probably gona be better for me. I just hope it doesn't snap anything. Now if only I can get the pix of the Birthday Brood up.

 

[Americano Blue]

Thanks Blue. I'm really quite proud of myself. Probably be like the rest of my major projects(motorcycle build, truck build, snomo build,etc.) and end up being a one time thing just to prove to myself I can do it. Actually hope it doesn't' though.
Did you take notice of the foot-pads? Talk about "cushioned soles" eh. Because it's rubber it doesn't stay extremely cold conducting cold to my feet and it stays flexible so any snow pops right off as soon as I move my foot off of it. Also, because I usually wear old style mukluks I get a sure foothold. The black bungee cord is for when the blue one loses some of it's elasticity in cold weather which happens even with "Arctic Bungee Cord". I just hook it onto the blue one's hooks. I would have liked to buy a set of adjustable claw-brake arms with replaceable carbide tips but didn't have the patience to wait for delivery in 7 days. Then I got to thinking......Where I go sledding.....I don't require carbides,. most of my mushing is in deeper and/or semi-packed snow not on hard-pack or ice.... ...soooo..... ....this wide piece is probably gona be better for me. I just hope it doesn't snap anything. Now if only I can get the pix of the Birthday Brood up.

I was actually gonna comment about that but pushed send to early.

 

[RezChamp]

I was actually gonna comment about that but pushed send to early.

Oh? What comment is that?

 

[RezChamp]

Gee my phone takes really crappy pix. Unless my dogs just move that fast. LOL
I took some pix and emailed them to myself so I could load them for "My Pictures" on to here but they are

crap all blurry and the "shutter" takes so long that I got pix of dogs' butts and back feet or shoulders or half a face so I aint gona bother even attempting putting them in here.
I'll get my daughter to use the iPad again. That thing has an amazingly good camera. So I;\'ll finally get the up maybe tomorrow when it's sunny.
oooooooooo it was purdy here this morn. Kinda foggy and lotsa hoar frost. It was so beautiful.

I just stood transfixed and looked for about 20 mins. Kinda wished I had a good quality camera but I think I will remember this morn for quite some time.
Still no snow though. So I think I'm gona hafta sit and pray

for snow and not extremely cold weather.
How's the weather where you are?

 

[RezChamp]

 

[RezChamp]

Whoops. I did that kinda backwards eh. Oh well, it's there now. That's nikanastim(the foremost dog). My daughter is 5' 5.5" so this pup is about 26" at the shoulder when he's standing straight.

 

[SternRose]

Love your dogs! Guhh!need!!