6:30 am : Wake up, stoke fire, run outside to "go", check to see if the wolves have eaten any dogs, and get a feel for the temp, which is very affective in just mukluks and long underwear.
6:45 am: Put french press on the stove (thanks mom, it works great), turn on NPR.
6:55 am: Coffee is ready, NPR has reminded me why I am hiding in Alaska and music is put on instead. Have a cup, relax, eat (oatmeal, bagel, or I hate to admit it, chocolate) Put together the dog team to run on paper and catch up on their records, read, or go online.
7:30 am: Water the dogs with baited water(water mixed with food and meat and fat).
8:00 am: Clean the yard, get the sled ready. Check out the dogs for missed injuries etc.
8:45: am: Stoke the fire, hook up the dogs.
9:00 am: Head out on the trail, by far the best part of the day!
2:00 pm: Get home. Put the dogs at their houses. Feed the dogs. Stoke the fire.
3:00 pm: Split and stack wood, or clean, or some other chore.
3:30 pm: Go get water, we haul 35 gallons a day.
4:00 pm: Try to turn myself from "tough musher girl" to "classy waitress girl". Stoke fire.
4:30 pm: Go to work at the lodge (6 days a week), either bartending or serving.
11:00 pm: Get off work, go home, start the fire which is probably out, feed the dogs. Sometimes I run a second team and then feed the dogs.
12:00 am: Read or go online, or "crash hard".
3:30 am: Stoke fire
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