dashdel wrote:Hey Hugh glad you had a good race sounded fun.
You are right Rick was charm to work for as I did handle for him 80 thru 83 and being His former B-inlaw it was truly a challenge. If you know what I mean...
But he was a good teacher and I did learn a lot from him. And put on several thousand miles helping him train those wonderful teams back then. It was truly a pleasure being in such control. And really Rick was the only one at the time that figured it out back then too.. Susan showed up those years too and learned from Rick too.
I just wish I stayed as I had a whole team out of his best dogs IE: Andy and Obe. But time moved on and so did I back here in sunny Florida now watching the race from the sideline as the armchair musher I now am.
I did wonder if you got any info from Rick as to what or why he took such a long time at ole women? He was having such a good race too. Just wondering.. As I am sure he wouldn't tell me his old handler.
Del
Hey Del,
We've travelled some of the same trails I see. I stayed at Susan's in Eureka many moons ago as well as the Erhart's in Tanana. Miss the Hootlinana hotsprings. Rick was having some back problems to deal with the whole race. We all knew he had one of the best teams out there, unfortunately he could barely even walk. It's a tribute to him that he finished the race with such a fine looking outfit.