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Article: DOG-SLED TOURS A `COOL' WAY TO REVEL IN WINTER'S GLORY MUSH!(Getaways)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- February 6, 1997
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It might be the coolest way to slide along the snow, on a wooden sled like those used by winter travelers for three millennia, pulled by 10 bundles of obsessed, panting fur with 10 bushy tails bobbing, 10 tongues flapping and 40 paws tearing into the snow.
Dog sledding is cool in many ways.
The breeze sends the single-digit chill right down to your toes.
The icy path is lined with deep powdery drifts, trees flocked white, and nearby an ice-lined river rushes as clear as crystal.
Best of all are these amazing animals. No encouragement is required, no enticement necessary. Alaskan huskies - they're born to pull.
``That's what ...