25th running of the John Beargrease

What do you do in Duluth in January for fun, go and watch the John Beargrease maraton that's what. Did you know that the long race is nearly 400 miles and the short race is 150 miles long? WOW! And I thought I was cool running Grandma's Half...ha!

We had a blast walking around looking at all of the sled dogs or in Jude terms "puppies". It is a pretty neat thing to watch the teams get ready for the race. The dogs are so excited, they are howling and quivering. Burke and I were wondering if they are trash talking the other dogs... Hey fur ball, on the trail, your mine! I digress....

The race is named in honor of John Beargrease, a man who delivered the U.S. mail along the North Shore by dogsled in the late 1800's.

Fun winter day event!

We even got to pet some of the puppies.

Burke and Jude checking out the sled dogs. Jude could not get over how many "puppies" there were. Every where he turned more puppies. What a great day!!!

I hope that's not YELLOW snow!!!!

Making Banana bread

Jude had a great time helping make banana bread.

A Day at the Beach!

We had a lovley day at the beach....Park Point Beach in January that is. Jude really liked crawling around on the ice chunks, and snow. The only problem we had was keeping him out of the water. He thought he should take a swim. He had the right idea as the water was truly warmer than the air.

Warmer by the Lake, watching fireworks

Laurie and Jude watched the fireworks at the warmer by the lake celabration. Jude did not enjoy the loud boom and bang of the fireworks but once they were all done he cheered and said WOW! So it must have been ok.

Warmer by the Lake Celebration

Burke and Jude enjoyed the warmer by the lake celebration at Bayfront Park.