Mushing with the RVA

The public charter school we use to homeschool Moriah and Carter this year is called the Rural Virtual Academy (RVA.)  We had the opportunity to offer a day of mushing to the 20 students and their parents.  We had close to 30 people show up and we had a great day for it.  It was cold- maybe into the teens that day- but we had a great time teaching about the dogs, racing, and the sleds before going out to the trails in the Medford School Forest.  We brought ten dogs in the dog box Dave built for his truck this fall, and with all the adults to help, it was an easy day.  Everyone who wanted to got to drive and the younger kids took turns riding in Dave’s bag.  We work with wonderful people through the RVA. Two of them came- Charlie and Sandy- both pictured- and they were helpful, ready to serve and encourgaging, as always.  Moriah wasn’t able to mush due to her injury (see previous entry) which has since healed beautifully.  As a matter of fact, her basketball team added one last game to the season.  She was able to play and it was their only win of the season!

Posted Feb 17, 2009 by Rebeccah — Comments (1) — Filed under: Community, Family