On Sunday, November 27th we went up to the hills to train, up to Jeff Conn's place.  The weather dropped a little again and we decided to head up where its about 20 degrees warmer.  We watered and loaded the dogs, drove across town to warm up and load our 4 wheeler that was at the Erharts place.  We had to use the space heater to warm it up and doing so must have caused some condensation and in turn water in the tank somewhere. So we loaded the 4 wheeler and headed to higher ground about a 30 min drive away.  We hooked up 16 dogs and then the 4 wheeler decided to not start back up.  Carl pulled and pulled and it just wouldn't start.  We put it in neutral and took off.  There were lots of hills on that trail so our short 6 mile run was quite the work out for both the dogs and Carl.  They pulled up the hills pretty good but when they thought we were tyring to stop them they did.  So Carl would get off the machine and push us up the hill.  He also made several more attempts to pull start the 4 wheeler with no luck. 

The ride home was a little faster.  We cruised down the hills and around the corners.  Cant wait to get on sleds and not have to worry about the 4wheeler that tends to be a PITA from time to time.  Besides I love being out there with the dogs and feeling the power, hearing them breath and feel much more connected with them than when we are on the 4wheeler. 

We drug it down the hill to Craig and Rose Nicholia's place to and went back the next day to retrieve it.  Had a nice visit with Pastor Craig and got to check out their nice house.  I loved to hear about Rose and what a hard worker she is.  She designed the house and built another one some years earlier.  She works for forestry in the summer and the school in the winter.  She also has a nice little recycling area set up in the garage.  I have tried to do the recycling but it seems to all get consolidated anyway.  We have been cooking for the dogs and use a fire to cook so i save all the paper and burnable items and I recycle that way.  I am inspired to do more recycling and she has a nice set up to use as a guide.  Thanks Rose.  Also want to say a big thanks to Craig and Rose for supporting the kennel.