Monday 15 February 2010

Sparking with the dogs on the lake ...

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5 comments:

Tamarak said...

Cute...like the dogs off in the distance...

What is the red circle thing? It looks like a magnifying glass...but why?

Are you going to paint your spark all funky?

Oma said...

It's a reflector ... in Northern Norway winter is very dark and these sparks are used on the main roads of the towns. Everything from dogs' harnesses to joggers' runners to sparks need reflectors or reflective tape.

Neat idea about making it funky ... for next winter!

Erin Kuhns said...

I've never seen one of these things. Do you actually connect it to the dogs and they pull you? Is that how it works?

Oma said...

If you use it as a dogsled you would hitch the dog (s) to the red bar in front near snow level. You would stand the way you do if you are using it like a scooter ... between the skiis behind the seat with one foot on a runner as you start and then putting the other foot on a runner once you get going.

I wrote a whole post on all its myriad uses a couple of weeks ago. It is very versatile.

Erin Kuhns said...

You're right, you DID write a post about it...I'll go back and read it again. At that point I didn't have a picture to go with it, but now I do. :)