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12/28/03 -- Buckwheat house at the OB base on Black Sturgeon Lake.  Here we spent the first and last nights of our adventure.   12/28/03 -- Tatiana skiing and pulling a pulk.   12/29/03 -- Evening entertainment:  drying socks and boots. Gerath, Sheila, Mireille, Tatiana   12/29/03 -- Andrea, Paddy, Iris   12/29/03 -- Tatiana, Mireille   12/29/03 -- Our sleeping arrangements outside under a tarp.
           
12/30/03 -- Out unpacked sleds on Muskrat lake   12/30/03 -- Campsite on Muskrat lake   12/30/03 -- Getting ready to ski and mush toward YahooWahoo bridge.   12/30/03 --  Ready, Set, Go!   12/31/03 -- Luca (one of the lead dogs on the first team). I got to hang out with her on my solo.  
           
12/31/03 -- New Year's celebration at lake Alwyn on my solo with the tarp in the background. No, Luca did not take these pictures for me. I have a timer on my camera.   12/31/03 -- My solo campsite during the day.   12/31/03 -- My solo campsite kitchen area. Where did the fire go?   01/01/04 -- Anjeanette packing up campsite in the morning.  
     
01/01/04 -- Hard at work. Packing a sled.   01/01/04 -- Andrea and Gerath standing by the packed sled. We had to pack and unpack sleds every day.   01/01/04 -- Mushing through the woods. View from the sled.   01/01/04 -- Back to  Spruce campsite.   01/01/04 -- Tatiana resting at Spruce campsite after a beautiful mush   01/01/04 -- Walking a "tiny" dog Finney to the chain tie out.   01/01/04 -- Mireille, Sheila, and Andrea sawing
           
01/01/04 -- Starting New Year a day later.New Year's Fireworks.   01/01/04 -- New Years.     01/01/04 -- Drying  socks by the fire.   01/01/04 -- YahooWahoo bridge crossing. We had to unhook dogs and walk them one by one; they get scared around bridges.   01/02/04 -- Mushing on our own. Our leaders deserted us the night before and we had to get back to the base.  

 

       

 

  01/02/04 -- Mirelle. Drying our sleeping bags back at BuckWheat.   01/02/04 -- Relaxing.   01/02/04 -- Our last dinner together.