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NEWS: On The Move...
Chlout Siberian huskies is moving to new digs in the lower 48, specifically the State of Minnesota, Grand Marais. I'll be leaving what I call my home state of  38 years but returning to an area and state that my family always touristed in when I was a kid. It "WAS" a big vacation for them. Shae grew up not to far away in Babbitt. We will be living in Cook County southwest of Grand Marais about 7 miles. Our new home is large enough and has a private sleeping area for guests. We are off the grid, on 40 acres, bordered on 3 sides by Forest Service land. The house has wood heat, propane heat and is also solar powered. We are getting the solar system upgraded so the house will function just as if it were on the grid. It will take some exploring to learn the trails and Forest Service roads literally out our door. In addition computer access is through "dial-up" but we are getting set up for satellite. I do not have an address yet and do not know the telephone # yet, but we do have one. Hard copy mail send to: Bob Chlupach, POBox 1497, Grand Marais, MN., 55604. Though there will be about 3,000 miles separating Rick Outwin and I, we will continue operating the kennel as we have in the past. Simply, just a new venue. However, as each of us gets older there are fewer things we can do with real liquid mobility so likely our breeding program will be slightly more tethered sometime in the future-----hopefully a ways off. Also, please put some thought into whatever way you choose and wish Rick a steady recovery as he had has other knee replaced earlier in October. It is the "cow-pies" getting older.

We are hoping to have a Siberian weekend sometime in the fall of next year. At the gathering I'm suggesting that everyone attending bring their history lessons with them. We will keep it like a coffee table discussion, talking about everything from history (bone up, eh?), feeding, breeding, training and racing. We also hope that if I can figure the logistics out, bring your dogs and we can do some early morning runs. Of course, if this comes off, we will need some help in the areas of cooking but I am also envisioning a big picnic in the evening or some such thing. A little early to be sticking my neck out but with the right karma and display of interest perhaps it can come off AND by the way, there will be "NO" experts in attendance, get my drift? Informal the operative, information from all a plenty.

In the interim, the coffee is always on and as usual it will be hard to catch me near a telephone, most people have better luck through siber-space. We hope to be on the road October 27 latest October 28.