Dog Sledding in Seward

We were scheduled to take a flat trip on the Resurrection River today,
but when we pulled in, it was raining and c-c-cold (upper 40's - 9 C).
We met our group anyhow, but thankfully the tour operator offered to
cancel and refund our $$$.
While talking about what to do, I saw a table for Ididaride Dog
Sledding. This camp is run by the 2004 winner of the Ididarod race who
also has several top 5 finishes. This was one of our alternate
excursions so we signed up. The lady called ahead, and drove us to
the place. They have 85 husky's there, many of which have actually
run the Ididarod race. We had a very nice tour guide - had has run
several Ididarod races who explained the background and about the dogs.
Rick hooked up a team of 15 dogs and took our group on a 2 mile ride.
They use these carts to train the dogs in the summer when there is no
snow. You always picture these dog teams all pulling and working
together. Apparently that takes a lot of training because our team
had a couple of dogs who were jumping all over the place and getting
tangled up with their neighbor. After climbing one slope, Rick said
"we did pretty good with only 10 dogs pulling". He noted that fully
loaded with him and 7 passengers, our sled weighed about 2,000 lbs.

After our ride, he showed us two Ididarod sleds, then took us to the puppy pen. Here's a shot of Mary holding an 8 month old husky.

Even with the raincoats, we were cold and wet at the end so we headed back to the ship to warm up and have some lunch. Tonight we sail to Kodiak for a Russian Heritage tour.