Tuesday, October 16, 2007

nice PFD this year

 



This is what we get for spending the winter here !!!!
This helps may the heating oil bills !!!




Posted by Magali in Other news
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:13:43 AM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Sunday, October 14, 2007

PYRAMID PUPS

 PYRAMID PUPPIES IN THE HOUSE
LES CHIOTS DE PYRAMID DANS LA MAISON









Posted by Magali in Kennel News | Other news
Sunday, October 14, 2007 4:47:18 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Monday, October 08, 2007

FIRST RACE DEC 15th

Sheep Mountain 150

         

Sheep Moutain 240km

First race of the season for Jacques will be the Sheep Moutain 150 miles Dec 15th and 16th.

This is a 150 miles race decided in 3 legs of 50 miles with 5hours stop in between the two legs.

More info go on the web site below:
  La première course de la saison pour Jacques sera la Sheep Moutain 240km le 15 et 16 decembre.

C'est une course de 240km divisée en trois manche de 80km et 5 heures de repos obligatoire entre manches.

Plus d'info sur le site web indiqué ci dessous:


SHEEP MOUNTAIN 150 web site

Posted by Magali in Racing News
Monday, October 08, 2007 4:45:24 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Sunday, October 07, 2007

ARCTIC ICE

THE ARCTIC ICE IS MELTING VERY FAST
GO CHECK THE LINK BELOW AND
WATCH THE ANIMATION ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHEN YOU WILL BE ON THE UAF GI SITE



Posted by Magali in Other news
Sunday, October 07, 2007 11:53:12 AM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Saturday, October 06, 2007

10 mushers signed up for the All Alaska Sweepstakes


Ten Musher signed up for the 400 miles race:

  • Jeff King, 
  • Mike Santos, 
  • Sebastian Schnuelle, 
  • Aaron Burmeister, 
  • Jim Lanier, 
  • Jeff Hemann, 
  • Ed Iten, 
  • Hugh Neff, 
  • Shane Goosen, 
  • Lance Mackey

 

 

A guaranteed $100,000 purse, winner takes all.
Race Start Date: March 26, 2008 at 11:00 am Nome, Alaska
  





Posted by Magali in Racing News
Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:16:42 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   

new race in scandinavia

 



New race 400km ( 250 miles) between Sweden and Norway.

Start March 28th 2008


 

Posted by Magali in Other news
Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:07:43 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   

SNOW -- NEIGE

FIRST SNOW FALL OF THE SEASON

PREMIERE CHUTE DE NEIGE DE LA SAISON







Fuji & Smallet in Lead


Close up on Hector and Zoser
En premier plan Hector et Zoser


Omar and Feal close up
Omar et Feal en premier plan




Posted by Magali in Training News
Saturday, October 06, 2007 1:51:41 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Wednesday, October 03, 2007

TRAINING UPDATE

12 Miles

         

19 Km

Training is going well we are doing 12 miles and now with with teams of 16 dogs.

the temperatures dropped in the morning and it is about 20f which is nice.

I got e-mail from my friend Terry Streeper in Fort Nelson Canada and they got 1 foot of snow... and today 8 inch droped in Healy... 

NOTHING HERE YET !!
  L'entrainement ce passe bien nous faisons 19km et nous avons des attelages de 16 chiens.

Les températures sont enfin descendues le matin et il fait generalmenet -7°c

J'ai recu une  e-mail de mon ami Terry Streeper au Canada et ils ont eu 35cm de neige et ce matin Healy (sud d'ici) a recu 12cm!!!

RIEN ICI ENCORE




Posted by Magali in Training News
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 5:45:20 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Sunday, September 30, 2007

WARM SEPTEMBER

NO SNOW YET

         

SEPTEMBRE TRES CHAUD

It is bearly freezing at night and we are running dogs at Temperature around 35 to 40f which is unusual for this time of the year.

Also we didn't see any snow yet and we usually ALWAYS get some snow in september....

Training is going well we are doing 7 miles.... Teams of 14 dogs.
  Les temératures sont à peine a la gelée la nuit et nous entrainonsavec des tempérarures de +3°c ou +7°c ce qui n'est pas habituel pour cette période de l'année.

Nous n'avons pas encore eu de neige et normalement il neige toujours une fois en septembre meme si la neige ne reste pas///

L'entrainement se déroule bien  nous faisont 11km et nous faisons des attelages de 14 chiens

Edfu and his Mom Memphis
Edfu et sa mère Memphis


One of the team, leaders are Jewel and Pyramid
Un des attelages, les chiens de tête sont Jewel et Pyramid


Posted by Magali in Training News
Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:17:23 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Friday, September 28, 2007

Let's go

 

OUR DOGS IN ACTION - NOS CHIENS EN ACTION


Close up on Konga ! (black dog)
Gros plan sur Konga (chienne noire)


Close up on WIND (white dog)
Gros plan sur Wind (chien blanc)


Cairo and his long tongue !!
Cairo et sa grande langue!!


Close up on SNEFRU (gray dog)
Gros plan sur SNEFRU (chien gris)



 

Posted by Magali in Kennel News | Training News
Friday, September 28, 2007 9:07:02 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Thursday, September 27, 2007

Chrome and Fuego in England

Steve got 2 more dogs

         

Ils sont en Angleterre

On the 25th Jacques and I drove to Anchorage to bring Chrome and Fuego to Continental Cargo for their flight to London.
They are both now in England with Steve who already got from our kennel: Sting, Risk and Sheenjek.
  Le 25 Jacques et mois ommes descendu a Anchorage pour ammener Chromet Fuego a Continental Cargo pour leur vol vers Londres.
Ils sont maintenant chez Steve qui a deja : Sting, Risk et Sheenjek de notre chenil.


Chenil en Angleterre
Kennel in England



Posted by Magali in Kennel News | Other news
Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:55:02 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Sunday, September 23, 2007

TRAINING PHOTOS

 

Head on passing with Jacques
Croisement avec Jacques



Going down the hill on the logging road
Descente sur la route forestiere.



Jewel and Jenny the two sisters
Jewel et Jenny les deux soeurs.


Posted by Magali in Training News
Sunday, September 23, 2007 4:36:14 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   

AURORAS

LAST NIGHT AROUND 10pm
La nuit dernière vers 22h
 








Posted by Magali in Other news
Sunday, September 23, 2007 5:24:39 AM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   
 Friday, September 21, 2007

sky yesterday

 



Posted by Magali in My Favorite Photos | Other news
Friday, September 21, 2007 4:22:12 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #   

PHOTOS

 4 photos below taken with my 500mm lens on a DSLR Canon
Les 4 photos ci dessous prisent avec mon zoom 500mm et un appareil digital Canon











This one taken with my Olympus SP-550UZ
Celle ci prise avec mon  Olympus SP-550UZ


Posted by Magali in Other news
Friday, September 21, 2007 4:16:09 PM (Alaskan Standard Time, UTC-09:00)  #