Today is pretty overcast with a forecast of rain or snow. I met Pam and her dog Dahla up at Archangel Road at 12:30 and we skied out to the bridge. The snow was very wet and slippery on the uphill. My skis seemed to want to slide backwards more then they wanted to push uphill. But I finally made it to the bridge. It snowed pretty heavily on us most of the way. The light was kind of flat, but the fresh snow was smoothing out the surface. I hardly worked at all getting back to the car. I got a much better workout with my arms because I mostly just used my poles to motivate me downhill. On the way to the bridge, Pam was often quite far ahead of me. Bella kept running up to her, then back to me, thus running at least twice as far as either of us did. Her dog seemed to stay mostly close to her. There were a few other skiers with loose dogs, which made our dogs feel it was essential that they race after them and bark furiously until we called them back. We skied a total of 4.7 miles. I'm sure Bella ran at least 6 miles. We were all soaking wet when we got back to our cars. Bella looked like the court jester with her hair soaking wet and sticking straight up. But I know she had fun. So did I.
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