A Day Outside

Today Offspring #2 and I volunteered at the sled dog festival at the Wildlife Science Center. We spent 6 hours outside among the wolf pens. Our job was to sell hot dogs, chips and pop. Really, coffee or hot cocoa might have been a better choice than pop. The hot dogs were kept in a large crock pot full of wiener water soup. I suppressed the urge to tell people this was not healthy food but instead I took their money and handed them their nitrate laden processed meat tubes. We kept the buns on top of the crock pot after one customer complained we sold him a frozen bun. Lots of people came to this event. I talked to one woman from Excelsior and another from Rochester. Many people wanted a ride in a dog sled. Dogs were invited to this event, leashed of course. Some dogs were a little freaked out by the wolves, lynx, cougar and the smelly gray fox. We had a fun day but we got cold standing outside for 6 hours. I had my warm snow pants on. The only part of me that was really cold were my toes. I had 2 pair of socks inside my sorel boots too. After a while we both seemed to loose the lubricant in our limbs. We were so stiff it was hard to sit down. I really struggled to fold myself back into my car at the end of our day. Now I feel great. We had a hot meal at Than Do on the ride home. I took some pain reliever and a hot shower and I'm drinking hot cocoa.