Dogsledding Trips with Mahoosuc Guide Service – January 2020
Happy New Year from Mahoosuc!!!
Happy New Year from Mahoosuc!!!
We have had a very busy start to our dogsledding season and it promises to continue until spring. Trips have been going very well and we have met some interesting people from all over the world. One weekend was a dogsledding honeymoon for a couple from France, another trip was a reunion for two sisters from Germany with one now living in the states.
Many families are coming to us to enjoy the outdoors together “unplugged”. It feels good to be able to provide this opportunity for them. We were very pleased to have Tom and Lily Rosenberg with us for a week during our Xmas/New Year’s rush to help with guiding and all the logistics of the “behind the scenes” in preparing before and cleaning up after trips. Tom has been working here off and on for 13 years and we are always happy to have him back.
Joe is our new apprentice for the winter and a big help to us. The dogs and clients like him immediately, even our couple of shy dogs took a liking to him even after one week.
We had a very nice family stay with us for a few days and joined us on a dogsledding day trip on Umbagog Lake. They produced this great video about their experiences with us, click here to view, nicely done Sharon!
You can see our winter dogsledding schedule on our website, many trips are full already but we do still have some openings for day and overnight trips through March.
If you have ever wanted to travel by dog team with Inuit we are offering a unique experience to Kuujjuaq, Ungava Bay in Nunavik April 12-21, 2020. We have two spaces left on this trip.
I hope you are enjoying this winter! Perhaps we will see you on a trip…
Polly, Kevin & all the doggies
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There hasn't been any slowing down here at Mahoosuc despite the rainy weather we experienced this summer. People have been having a great time on the water and in the woods!
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Since I was a teenager it was always on my bucket list to paddle the Allagash. In 2018 I retired from a burdensome career and signed up to paddle the river with Mahoosuc guide service (mgs). It was better than wonderful. All I had to do was show up. They provided all the gear and it was good stuff. The river was beautiful, the sights, smells, scenery, distant mountain views were gorgeous. Polly and associate guides were wonderful and fun to be with. They were attentive, careful, observant and caring and brought campfire cooking to an epicurean level. In March 2019 I went on a dog sled winter camping trip with Kevin and Polly and several other guides. It also was great. Safety was paramount. The dogs were eager, energetic, focused and affectionate. The camp was something out of a Jack London novel. Each tent had a small wood stove and was roasty toasty warm. Food was great and plentiful. Kevin and Polly are so much fun to be with. They always made sure I was warm, well fed and happy;
Then in May 2019 I went on a two night canoe trip with my wife and another couple and they are not campers. We had a great time. The four of us, two lady guides (Polly and Jean) and we saw loons and moose and beaver and sunsets.
And then in August I went with MGS to paddle 170 miles on the Yukon river in Alaska. I am getting older, if I don’t do this stuff now, when will I?? It was better than wonderful. I reminisce about all these trips every day. Time is short, life is short, I need to pack it in. Once this pandemic is over, Polly and Kevin will not be able to get rid of me. Polly and Kevin are the models of Maine Master Guides against whom all others should be compared.