To take this trip you need only one thing – the ability to laugh! As we discussed our previous experience with the various activities planned for the week, it was pretty clear that we’d have a lot to laugh about – considering most of us had little to no experience with any of the planned activities.

Our first adventure - snowshoeing - was beautiful and easy to master. Everyone caught on quickly and we walked to the top of a hill that overlooked Lake Superior. It was so beautiful! We wondered by a stream and walked through the woods. It was so quiet and peaceful. Everyone loved it!

We tried our hand at cross country skiing and found that once you got the hang on the walking motion on skies it was easy.  We took flat trails that allowed us to get into a rhythm and just enjoy the beauty of our surroundings.

Of course the main reason everyone came on the trip was for the dog sledding. We learned how to harness our dogs, how to make them go (not a problem!), and how to make them stop.  Then we were off on trails that meandered through open fields, into the woods, and across a frozen pond.  It was beyond description. You will never know the joy and laughter that we experienced...words cannot convey the feelings. You have to do it for yourself. For so many of us, it was one of the most remarkable life experiences we had ever had!  The bond with the dogs, the freedom of the trail and the sheer exhilaration of this unbelievable experience.  "I'm really doing this!"  The day was not just mushing - we all got to sit in the sled and ride with a professional musher at the controls. What a fabulous day it was!  We will never forget it.

Our our free day everyone went snowmobiling and we laughed at the joy of white snow, open trails, magnificent vistas and getting the courage to go faster than 5 miles an hour!

Each night at dinner we’d share our discoveries, our joy, our mishaps, and with every story we’d laugh. We laughed at ourselves, we laughed with each other and we laughed at the fun of the entire experience. How great we felt that we could embrace such fun, no matter how inexperienced we were. I don’t think any of us will ever forget the fun we had on this trip.

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A couple of weeks after the trip completed the WTT office received a beautiful coffee table book created
by two of the women on the trip. On the inside cover of the book they wrote:

Thanks for a GREAT Vacation - Dogsledding was amazing!  Whether traveling alone or with a friend,
we hope to join you again for many more adventures.