Cascade Sled Dog Club
Presidents
Message
So far this year there seems to be two themes happening; the first one is the old business saying “location, location, location and the second one is, we are all heading in different directions.
Location, location, location is all about the weather which has left the Northwest with very little snow and warm temperatures. Back in December when we had the only cold spell the temps at my house got into single digits, and it looked like we were in for a long winter, where did it go, because it definitely left to quickly. As far as the snow, 2010 will go into the CSDC history book as being the first time we’ve had to cancel both races at Frog Lake in one season. The other races in the region have had just enough snow to happen, unless you went south to northern California, where they have plenty of the white stuff and more falling.
All season long I’ve heard about mushers heading in all directions and for good reason. Some of us had important things at home to take care of and had to putting the dogs on hold for awhile. Others were traveling around looking for some kind of snow groomed trail to train on; Chemult was very popular in early January. Some teams headed north to British Columbia to get some of that good old Canadian hospitality which is always plentiful even when they have a lack of snow. But even with poor training and snow conditions all of the club members are having another successful year.
Off to the Garden
Lance