Puppy names

We got one name suggestion for something cephlapod related, so we did! We named the boy Kraken after the mythical giant octopus/squid. We kept with the mythical creatures theme and named the girls Yeti, Nessy (Locness monster) and Nuk-luk. Here is what wikipedia has to say about Nuk-luk...

"The Nuk-luk ("Man of the Bush") is a cryptozoological hominid reported in the Nahanni National Park Reserve near Nahanni Butte, Northwest Territories, Canada, between April and June of 1964, by John Baptist, several men, and a boy named Jerry. Several Dene from Fort Liard who were trapping at a river reportedly came upon the creature in April of 1964. It appeared strong-looking, and appeared to have a long, dark beard, wore no clothes, and was 5 ft (1.5 m) tall.
In June 1964, near Fort Simpson around 9 p.m. a boy named Jerry reported a similar creature. It had black hair on its head, upper body, and legs, and a black head, slightly pointed at the back. It also had a long, brown beard that reached its waist, and wore ankle-high boots, a mooseskin loincloth, and had a stone club in its hand. These creatures have been reported for hundreds of years and are said to have bootlike footprints and whistling calls. They have been reported from the Northwest Territories to Yukon to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska."

We thought that was a funny enough description to keep the name in the kennel...

Quest 300 food drops done.. Paige makes the Fairbanks Sports Beat!

Paige finished up her drop bags Saturday in the nick of time to get them all dropped off along with all the other racers in the Yukon Quest 300 and 1000 mile races.

We dropped off 500 pounds of dog food and gear for use at the start and 3 checkpoints along the race. Bags contained meat, kibble, booties, dog blankets, human food, clothing and spare runner plastic for the sled. Kate is sealing the dropped bags above and piling them so they can be shipped out to the checkpoints ahead of time.. Thanks to all the Volunteers that make this happen.

Paige was asked if she would give a little interview for the local news channel. They interviewed many mushers, but Paige must have had something special in her eyes, because she ended up in the sports beat.. check out the video below, after the hockey section. Stay tuned for more Quest madness!

Pickin puppy teams

So the windsor / chicken pups came to town yesterday.. we did the old fashioned team picking like you do for kickball in elementary school.. Brent got the first pick as the momma was his.. we went back and forth till they were all picked up..

Team wild and free above.. team squid below

Below is a better shot of our new babies.

now we just have to come up with names! any ideas? go ahead and put your ideas under comments. Thanks!

Copper Basin Start Video

Here is a little video taken by Lisa from the start.... Paige asked the lead dogs if they were ready to go.. and they were and almost drug me out early!

A Big Thanks!

Well, we need to step back a little bit and thank some very important people for helping us. Thanks so much to Megan for staying at home and taking care of all the pooches that were left behind. It was awesome knowing they were so well cared for. Also, Megan did a great job of keeping the blog updated when we had cell reception and could tell her what was happening. I think we came home to a house that was cleaner than when we left it! You are awesome Megan! Also a big thanks to Thomas for keeping things rolling down the road while Paige was in a semi- delirious, lack of sleep state. My stomach is still hurting from laughing so much. And last but not least, we need to thank our parents who are super supportive of our wild adventures and crazy ideas of how to live this life.It is beyond awesome to have parents who know that living happily can take many forms and they recognize how this life makes us so happy and fulfilled. So to our parents especially and also the rest of our families and friends, thanks so much for your support and for being there for us! We are now focusing on the next race that Paige is running, the Yukon Quest 300. Giddy up!

Nice Pictures from Carol Falcetta

Here are a couple pictures taken by Carol Falcetta at the start of the Copper Basin.

You can check out her work at http://www.athousandwords.us/

Puppy Preview

 

Thats right.. a couple more pups are coming this way next week. We have split a litter with the Wild and Free Kennel. These pups are from Brent's dog Chicken and our dog Windsor.. can't wait to get them here and get to know them soon.. Stay tuned for more pics once we get them home.