Jess and the team enjoyed some long training runs during our recent cold snap. The team stopped in a swamp near Willow, Alaska for a quick bite of their favorite salmon treat and take in the view at -25 below zero.

Jessica grew up mushing with her 6 younger siblings and this year the family decided to spend Christmas at Tailwind Kennel so they could help with training, salmon cutting, making toggles for the sled lines and really everything. Here are pictures of Jesse Klejka (top) and Jeremiah Klejka (bottom) out on training runs with Jess and the teams.

Tailwind kennel dogs love their time with our favorite Jr. mushers Jordan Klejka and Anna Coke. The girls enjoyed some fun runs together over Christmas break. They had one particularly exciting mush where a lost horse! Ran down the trail towards their team. The horse was eventually reunited with his family.