| Thursday
arrive cooler and wet. The continuation of the fifth was
run in the rain for the first few dogs. Later it became
mostly cloudy and cool. Chickamauga Choo Choo had
recovered nicely overnight and was her old self.
Dogs seemed to fare better
than yesterday, perhaps it was the temperature or the
moisture that aided them. The fifth finished up
about mid-day and callbacks came a bit later. The "Coffin"
valley test was prophetic for the 31 lost. Forty five
were called back to try the sixth. Those dropped were:
3, 6, 11, 13, 14, 17, 19, 20, 23, 27, 29, 30, 34, 35,
45, 48, 65, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 78, 80, 82, 86, 88,
92, 96, 98, and 99. Sadly, Quick and Eba fell victim
to the fifth.
It took a bit of time
to set up the Sixth series, a land blind crossing the
lines to the previous series marks and people took time
to discuss recent events.. The Workers party was held
last evening on the ranch grounds and featured a humongous
buffalo rump roast with all the trimmings. Le Grande
owner, Harry Peterson had produced the buffalo meat
for the daily burgers and party roast. In the
past few days he had also conducted tours of the ranch
and his buffalo herd for stake participants. He has
a fascinating operation. |
