Dora had helped us make a reservation at Breckenridge for dog sledding on Wednesday. Knowing about the upcoming storm in Denver, we had considered cancelling the trip, but fortunately we kept it. The weather was perfect that day, and the drive to Breckenridge was also quite smooth; we arrived before our scheduled time. After bundling up, we headed out to meet up with our tour guide. He introduced us to the eight Huskies who would be our leads. Logan and Connor were a bit shy from the doggies, but they did say hi to all of them. During the introduction, Logan also told the guide that we would prefer the calmer route than the more adventure one. When it was almost time to start, the guide assigned one of the adults (we volunteered Dora) to drive and Logan to be the passenger. We were surprised that Logan just followed and did not complain or hesitate. Stuart, Connor and I then went to sit in the sled behind the guide’s snowmobile. By then Connor complained more about being too cold and his toes were frozen. He even started to sob. The guide decided to help and go grab a rental snow boots to try. When I switched off Connor’s own snowshoes, it was dry and warm inside; we think that Connor was just having “cold feet”. After we settled in, the trip began. The guide stopped every few minutes to allow us to stop and switch the driver/passenger. Connor continued to decline being in the doggie sled. The rest of us took turns being the driver or the passenger; Logan did not hesitate either when he was asked to be the driver, and he did well. It was quite awesome to watch the doggies pulling us. The Huskies were well behaved and we tried to pat them whenever we had a break. When the guide told us that the second to last segment was calm and suggested Connor to drive, we were happy that Connor agreed. Logan was helpful and gave Connor some pointers. Earlier when we were in the sled, Logan also helped Connor to shield from snow that was hitting his face; Logan was being a nice big brother. One more segment and we were back to the starting point. This was an incredible experience. Thanks to Dora for taking us. When we now watched the video we took, we actually admired the scenery even more so than when we were there.
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March 4th, 2018 at 9:30 am
Fantastic adventure!xxx