This weekend we participated in the Black Lake Loppet just outside of Bemidji. It's a very kid friendly race and is meant to be a fun event instead of a serious ski event. The entrance fee is a donation tot the food shelf. People came in costumes, some only wore their underwear... you get the idea. It's fondly referred to as the "donut race" because halfway through the race you have to stop and eat a donut before you can continue. The race is staggered in hopes of a mass finish at the end. The big winner is the person who comes in 13th and everyone brings trophy's and ribbons from other events as prizes. It truly is a blast and the kids got into the spirit of the event.
Here they are at the starting line:
The kids needed some assistance down the first big hill:
It was a beautiful day:
Sadie needed help getting up some of the hills. I think she could have done it herself, but she preferred the ride over the work:
Going down is always more fun than going up:
Taking off skis at the finish line:
Most of the kids only did half of the race (and we took all of the short-cuts on that half so we probably only did a little more than a quarter of the 11K race) so we enjoying our reward at the end of our ski:
Sadie and her first crush Louie ("But mom, He's just so nice to me!"-- believe me, all the girls love Louie):
The Sadies hanging out by the fire:
Picking their prize:
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