Dog Sledding in Whitefish

In the month of March the Heylands invited us to join them for a little get away weekend at their time share in Columbia Falls, Montana (near Whitefish). What a wonderfully time! We just relaxed, visited, played games, read books, watch the John Adams HBO series and thoroughly enjoyed being together without any distractions. They are such good friends.
One of the best things we did while we were there was go dog sledding. It was so much fun! There were 100 dogs there! They were beautiful and they love people. They were so excited to see us and couldn't get enough attention from us.

The fellow that owns the place was telling us that they live to work. Every dog was leaping at the end of his/her chain begging to be chosen to pull our sleds. They were so excited. Some of the dogs were 14 and 15 years old and still pulling. He told us that he lets them decided when they want to quit and it is usually around that age when they slow down and don't want to pull any more. Like he said - that is a testament to the value of exercise. Most large dogs only live to about 10 years of age.

We were out about an hour on the sled. The trail was through a state forest and was absolutely beautiful. Dad wants to take all the grand kids there someday.

We will definitely go again.