A Long and Solid Winter

What a winter we've had behind us - spring is before us - much for me to be thankful for in winter weather that I revere. The dog team trips that I have guided have been fun, the ones that I have yet to do are beckoning me - and the big one to Hudson Bay is drawing near!

This winter has been a mixed experience for me health-wise - and I couldn't get myself motivated to write or blog over the last few months. A bout of skin cancer, further sciatica and consequent physical therapy left me feeling my age. I had tennis elbow that was the result of or contributed to byhand splitting a winter's wood. I got a hydraulic log splitter too late in my wood processing for this year, but when I got a simple forearm band for tennis elbow, the pain in my arm began to disappear. When I did dog team trips, the back problems tended to diminish.
We had way over 200 inches of snow this year, extended cold made it good that I was home to keep moving the snow and keep the home wood fires blazing. When I was gone to Ely, Lynn would be at work all day and come back to dying coals in the wood stove and 2 dogs that were cooped up inside all day, as well as snow piled up in the driveway.
I have pictures of winter happenings and adventures that will have to wait for a later time to post. Come to think of it, I didn't post last summer's sea kayak trips and can see that I've been slacking a lot more than just this winter. So the last of April I'll try to get motivated to post, after I'm back from adventures at the "northern sea".