The days stretch on. We’ve passed summer solstice which means every day we get a little bit closer to winter, to training, and to Iditarod. Our summer sled dog tours have been going well. July 17 will mark our one year anniversary being in business and we couldn’t be more thrilled.
We started out with nothing but a couple of dogs and a love for mushing and today we are happy to announce that we are the #5 activity to do in Seward as ranked on Trip Advisor.We are the #1 sled dog tour in Seward and couldn’t be happier about the positive feedback we get from our guests. It really makes us smile reading the wonderful comments our gracious guests leave! On top of all that, we are now running Seward Helicopter Tours. Working with helicopters and running sled dogs on Godwin couldn’t be a better experience. We have an awesome crew all around too. Expect their bios to be posted soon because these folks are way too cool and we have to share their story!
For fun, when we have the time, we relax and unwind. These days its mostly by the fire. We were under a burn ban until recently due to the unusually warm weather and lack of rain. It was lifted recently however and we celebrated by burning a huge pile of brush and limbs as well as some of our older dog houses. We were pretty glad to see it burn.
The dogs are doing well. We currently have two litters of puppies: Hope’s puppies who are living on Godwin Glacier and Madori (Hope’s daughter) also had puppies. Hope’s puppies are nearing 8 weeks while Madori’s are nearing 6 weeks old. Madori’s puppies still do not have names. Despite spending lots of time with them, we still haven’t found anything that “fits.” We are hoping something comes to us soon…if you have any suggestions, please email us with them at info@turningheadskennel.com
Other than that, things are good. We continue to do projects around our property to improve the quality of our tour. This year, although we had a lot of good weather, we are only just getting our gardening done. I am hoping that some day I will have a big garden on our property, but for now I settle for the copious amounts of wildflowers that bless our property. We’ve added several suet feeders recently for the birds and although none have visited yet, we are hoping that they are a big hit.
Our Eagle neighbors have been busy with their nest this year though we cannot tell if they have had chicks or not this year. We do know that the nest is active as we often see them adding to it. I am often baffled by the size of the sticks they will carry up to it. This winter, we actually counted 16 different eagles on our property at one point. Despite what you would think, they enjoy the dogs!
Ok well that’s all for now!
