{The Coolest thing ever....}

Casper Dog Sled Races

This is probably on of the coolest events I've

ever been too. I have come to realize that

an event doesn't have to be just absolutely

amazing and cost lots of money to make it

the best event ever. But what does matter

and what made this so fun for me (i don't know

about the rest of my family) but for me it was that:

1. We were together as a Family

2. It was Free

3. It was an event I will probably never

see again in my life

4. It was so fun

5. It was amazing...and

6. I've never seen anything like it before.

What an amazing site to see a team of dogs

and their "Musher" come running in to the finish.

A "Musher" is the Dog sled team driver.

And what was even more amazing was to see how

passionate these dogs are to race. It takes a whole

other "team" of people to hold each dog at the starting

line because they are jumping, wailing, and anxious to run.

We learned some of the Dog sled racer jargon.

Musher Commands:

Mush: Lets go

Gee: Turn right

Haw: Turn left

On by: Straight ahead or pass the distractions

The Huskies are absolutely beautiful. I loved watching

these dogs. People came from all over to participate in

this charitable event. They have special trailers

that have about 6-10 kennels built in for the dogs

to travel in. The races ranged from 1 mile to 18 miles.

And the teams where made of anywhere between 4-8 dogs.

They had other events such as the 100 yard dashes that

young kids like 6 years old could do with 1 dog. And

an event called sojourn where a team of dogs is pulling

their driver on just ski's instead of a sled. We didn't get to

see these events...Addie got cold and when she's

cold she's not a happy camper. I could have stayed

there all day and watched the races but at least

I have pictures to remember it all.

I'm so glad we went!