Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Winter's back!




The San Juan Stage Race is over, with its 40+ degree weather and rain, and now, just a few days later, we have three inches of fresh snow and it was 14 degrees when Scooby Doo and I took our stroll at 5:30 a.m.

The pics above are from the last local day of the SJSR (Saturday; there was another stage in Durango on Sunday) and are all of Krista Halsnes, a 15-year-old musher from Steamboat Springs, CO. This is her sixth year of mushing; she and her father (a former Norwegian Olympic skier) came last year and she was the poster child of the Mush! In the bottom photo, she gives loving care and encouragement to her dogs. In the dazzling smile in the middle pic, you can also see that she's as excited and competitive as the dogs ... she was ahead of the five other teams at the beginning of the Saturday leg. The top picture was taken about one second into the race, with the dogs digging in to get started and get the momentum going.

In other news, planning is proceeding on the centennial celebration for Mancos High School. The good news at our planning committee meeting yesterday was that the centennial celebration will be the beneficiary at the Millwood Follies ... the great annual musical event that takes place at Millwood Junction Restaurant in Mancos every winter (March 14 this year). It's lots of fun, lots of local musicians (come early or stand elbow-to-elbow) and it usually raises a good amount through door prizes and silent auction. So, we'll be scouring the countryside for silent auction gifts, as well as working hard at the event. 

The kick-off for the centennial celebration will be a big all-class reunion party (with a pig roast) at the school football field on Friday, July 24, at the beginning of Mancos Days (and this is the 50th anniversary of the Mancos Days celebration). The end of the celebration will be the graduation of the centennial class in May 2010. 

And it's a bright, beautiful day in the Mancos Valley! tv

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