Back home after an amazing 4 weeks enjoying the snow with our dogs and great friends!

First we went to Auronzo Di Cadore (Italy) at ASD Amarok. There wasn’t as much snow as we’re used to in Auronzo, but enough for a good 18km training over a beautiful trail. The dogs had a great time and were very happy!  Kaya, Yucka, Cane & Diesel enjoyed the mushing, Bailey, Qanuk & Copper enjoyed their walks and we even took Copper for a little baby-trail together with Yucka, so he could get a taste of his future and he absolutely loved it!! 
Thanks to the Italian mushers; we got spoiled every afternoon with a nice BBQ and some good drinks!! Also Paty spoiled us with a very nice dinner at her home twice!! 
A big thank you to Paty and all Italian mushers for their great hospitality and for making this week unforgettable for us!!

After Auronzo, we went to the European Championship Sprint of the FISTC at Fusine Tarvisio, Italy. We entered the C2, with 9 other selected competitors and we were very proud to finish 6th. The dogs did an amazing job and were in great condition, you could see their happy faces at the start and at the finish they almost asked for another round, they just loved it!! 
Friday: 35min 30sec over 9km
Saturday: 35min 53sec over 9km
Sunday: 36min 42sec over 9km
Thanks to Franky for handling our dogs at the start!

After 5 days in Tarvisio we went to Haidmühle, Germany. Luud and Tiny arrived 2 days before us, so made sure we had a nice spot at the stake-out. Also some people who were in Tarvisio came to Haidmühle, so it was very nice to be able to spend more time with them and have some nice chats and drinks together! Alex and the dogs went for training the day after our arrival and we never saw the trail in Haidmühle this perfect before, there was a lot of snow and the weather reports where telling us there was more to come… On Wednesday morning we woke up and noticed about 50cm snow had fallen that night and until 11h00 it continued snowing. Later in the evening we had a small snowstorm (as you can see in the movie of Haidmühle) and the days after it kept snowing on and off, which made the trail more and more perfect! On Friday Jan & Anja arrived and one day later also Tim, Astrid, Shannon & Randy arrived. We enjoyed one more week of snow & fun with them!!
We’d like to thank Luud & Tiny, Jan & Anja, Tim & Astrid, the kids and of course all the great dogs for a wonderful time in Haidmühle!! Also thanks to Ron, Debbie & Senna and all the other mushers for the nice chats and laughters!!  Of course a big thanks to Udo for making sure the trail was in perfect condition!

We had a wonderful time together with some great friends enjoying the dogs, the snow, the mushing, relaxing etc. But of course all good things come to an end, but some good memories will be treasured; it was amazing and time simply went by too fast!!