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Enjoying Spring Snow
As our weather has warmed, everyone is racing to enjoy the last of the snow.
Read Today's Herd StoryOpening the Blue Ridge Parkway
The winter weather has finally relented here and we had a beautiful spring day. That, of course, meant that we were out hiking. Since many of the roads to the higher elevation trails are still not open, we decided to go walking on the still closed Blue Ridge Parkway. There was a great article on…
Read Today's Herd StoryBlake Freking and Iditarod Update
A friend stopped by our hu-dad’s office Thursday and asked him what he was going to do now that the Iditarod was over. Over, our dad asked. Our dad pointed out that the friend ran marathons on a regular basis. Is the marathon over just because the first person crosses the finish line? Nope. So…
Read Today's Herd StorySnowy Walking Wednesday
********************* Congratulations to Lance Mackey for his Fourth Consecutive Iditarod win – and for recording the second fastest time ever in the history of the race. Always great to see how much he cares for his dogs. A very classy guy and a great representative of the sport!
Read Today's Herd StoryDaylight Savings Time Means Spring, Right?
Yes, The Herd is rejoicing in even more fresh powder. We have seen so many blogs with blooms and buds and green. We are still very much seeing white. At least we are getting sunlight later in the day. Plus, we had the annual joy of waking the Herd up an hour “early” Sunday morning.…
Read Today's Herd StoryWaking up to Saturday
Yes, it is Saturday and The Herd is ready for a weekend of the outdoors. The weather here is a little iffy with rain, but much warmer temperatures, so we will be outside virtually the whole time. We can smell spring approaching! For those of you who are not on The…
Read Today's Herd StorySilent Ruby
No compliment is greater than a parody (right, KB?), so we wanted to make sure that everyone saw these posts from Tales and Tails and Norwood. They have received the Cheesewhiz Seal of Approval, for whatever that is worth.
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