Things that go bump in the night!

Merlyn here with some words of wisdom for all of you night time mushers and late night star gazers.  PORCUPINES MOVE AROUND AT NIGHT!  It was a close call tonight with the team as we narrowly avoided one of the biggest dam poke u pines I have ever seen.  This stealthy bugger was waiting in the shadows for us as we were on our last mile from home on a brilliant 10 mile run.  No stars out tonight to help with the lighting.  One dirt clump looks like another in the headlight until it moves!!

But our boy Grease saved the day and paid no never mind to the ill spawned son of a sewing machine.  Grease is my go to main leader for the team and has a single mind when he is up there.  Run fast, run straight and expects every one else to keep up, that's Grease.  He never even looked side ways at the poker and drug the whole team past it at speed.  I didn't even see the beastie until the quad was going past it.  Huge black waddling spines of death!  Wheweee...  Lived to run another day.

This time of  year we mostly run the team at night as it is pretty much dark when I get home.  Plus temps don't start to drop till the sun sinks down..  But Don't worry north land, Friday the 5th calls for possible SNOW FLURRIES!!  The dogs get to liking the night runs so much that when we do start to run in the daytime they are a bit freaked out and start to wonder if daylight savings has already started.

"beware the hobby that eats"

Ben Franklin