Fall training run on the trails we cut in the prairie grass around our house
A typical training run on King's Hill
Spencer getting ready for a race
Brett's Race to the Sky start (2017)
Brotherly love- Chase and Spencer hamming it up in their Skinny Leg Sled Dog gear
Don't tell my cat, Castro, that we are Skinny Leg Sled "Dogs"
Backyard training run in the fall
It takes all of us working together, mom included, to hook a team up at the start of a race
Handler Chase
Race to the Sky start
Race to the Sky start
Brett carrying a rider at Race to the Sky start
Mom and little Spencer before his race start
Spencer at Race to the Sky start (2017). Mojo and Earl are in lead.
Dr. Topham, Race to the Sky veterinarian, listens to Old Earl's heart and lungs before marking him out of the race
Earl with frosted muzzle howling in the dog yard
"kangaroo hop"
Little Spencer and his team of misfits at the Rodeo Run
Spencer and Mojo
Spencer and Mojo
Spencer and his dad, Brett at the Rodeo Run in West Yellowstone
Dog Handler Chase scooping the poop around the dog trailer
Dog Handler Chase
Brett, Chase, and Spencer after the Rodeo Run
Dr. Topham examines Colt at the pre-race vet check.
Spencer, Dr. Topham, Colt at the vet check.
Spencer giving Grid Kid football his best shot as a fifth grader
Spencer learning to ride a sled in the back yard. Look at his smile!
Spencer is making sure dad is doing it right
our backyard with the Missouri River down below
Spencer as an elite 18-year-old musher at the West Yellowstone Rodeo Run
Grid Kid football
Here’s a link to the newspaper article referred to at the end of SKINNY LEG: