Marie Lake: A Winter Trip to Cold Lake – Chapter 10 of 11
Photo (by Mom). Shep and I head out across Marie Lake one fine winter day, we would have to travel about 5 miles across Marie Lake, 4 miles through bush and then another 10 miles across Cold Lake before arriving at our destination. Mom was not a happy camper when Dad told her what he needed Shep and me to do.
January 1949
“Mush!” I hollered with all the presnce my eight your old voice could muster. At the same moment I kicked off the toboggan with one foot expecting Shep to hit the traces. Not to be! He just stood there, his feet firmly planted in the snow, refusing to move. The toboggan hit the back of his legs, he yelped and I fell flat on my face into the hard crusted snow. Ouch!
I looked up red faced as my trusty companion Shep turned and cocked his ears as if to say: “Mush? Mush? What the hell are you talking about? I’m not just some ordinary sled dog, so don’t start getting all uppity with me. The next thing you will be calling ‘gee’ and ‘haw’. Not gonna happen buddy! Now try to get this straight, ‘we-are-partners’ in this adventure, not master and slave!”
Properly chastened, I tried again: “Ok, Shep old buddy, let’s hit it!” This time he hit the harness so quickly I nearly fell off the back of the toboggan. Not a great start, but we were off on our first solo cross country, a trip that mom vigorously opposed.
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Cheers,
Harold
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