When the 2017 Can Am Crown Sled Dog Race gets underway Saturday in Fort Kent, Amy Dionne of Madawaska will be out there with her dogs. "This year we're kind of taking a step back from being competitive and just kind of doing the races to have fun," she says - assuming that riding a dog sled over 250 miles of frigid, northern Maine wilderness is your idea of fun. Maine Public's Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz talked with Dionne Thursday. She said preparing for the race mostly involves preparing the dogs.
Amy Dionne will be fielding one of the 14 entries in this year's Can Am Crown 250-mile sled dog race. It will begin Saturday in Fort Kent. Thirty-seven other dog teams will take part in shorter runs. Dionne says the top mushers include Martin Massicotte, Denis Tremblay and Andre Longchamps, all of Quebec.
