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Sunday, February 28, 2010

It's Rondy Time!!!

It's Rondy Time and we just want to share what a fun time we have up here in February!






Fur Rendezvous began in 1935 as a small 3-day sports tournament on Febuary 15, 16, and 17,  featuring skiing, hockey, basketball, boxing and a children's sled dog race down Fourth Avenue. Nearly the entire population of Anchorage turned out for the bonfire and torchlight parade. It was timed to coincide with trappers and miners coming to town with their winter yield of furs and gold for sale.  The intent was to break up the doldrums of winter. Since then, the Fur Rendezvous has earned national and international notoriety, and visitors from throughout the world descend on Anchorage every February.



Some of my favorite activities include:

* The World Champion Sled Dog Races first debuted in 1946 and are considered to be the cornerstone of the festival to this day. Unlike the famous Iditarod, these races are held in town - a great spectator sport highlighting the lighter and faster Alaskan "sprint" dogs.


*  Reindeer races in downtown Anchorage.





* Blanket Toss – Native Alaskans from bush Alaska travel to Anchorage to participate in this and other activities.



* Fur Rondy Snowshoe Softball




* Outhouse Races!!!

* Fur Rondy World Championship Dog Weight Pull
 
 



* Huge Snow Sculpture Carving Contest


                                                February is Cool!

Kong-A-Lichious

Mom put a dried sweet potato in my Kong...I've been workin' for over a week now to get that tater out of there!
                                       Dirty Trick Mom!





At the Dog Park mom pulled another one...she threw my stick up in the tree!  What's up with her?

 





             But I don't want to leave it...it's mine



                The snow here is mighty tasty...






                                See ya next week!






Sunday, February 21, 2010

Ryker got balls !


                            RYKER GOT BALLS...



 
SNOWBALLS THAT IS , LOTS OF THEM!
(I have to say this is the first and only time he has collected them like this. He was walking bow-legged and I laughed my self silly! )






  

Me and my Shadow...dodo do dodo dodo do do




The Thundering Herd
gotta love those  faces! 



I Love my mom, no matter how busy she gets she always takes time out to make sure I have fun each day. Life is an Adventure!
This week I scored an almost full can of cat food off the counter, slept curled up with a cat (the gray one Kosmo)



Nipped Cleo on the butt. I got in big trouble on that one, it was worth it!
There she is in the cabinet...she looks mad.


 Had another awesome couple days at the Connor's Lake Dog Park.
See ya next week!





Sunday, February 14, 2010

Valentine Fun!

                                       Happy Valentine's Day


                                


 What's this?
POP!
  

Well, that was fun! What's next mom?


 

Grandma looks Happy!

 


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