Seth Madej

Why Yes, I Have Ridden a Bobsled in Latvia

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This is just my autumn bobsled...

As a kid I always enjoyed watching the winter Olympics more than the summer, mostly because of the bobsledding. It seemed incredibly cool and (in my mind) required no athletic skill other than being able to hold on, which was the only athletic skill I had. So when Sophie stumbled on a listing in our guidebook for a bobsled rides in Sigulda, Latvia, my younger self immediately spoke up and insisted that we go.

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We Don’t Need No Stinking Orcas

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We’ve got nine Swedish sled dogs that are ready to chomp whale ass for us.

We Didn’t See any Orcas

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And no Northern Lights yet either. Tonight, I hope. We spent 18 hours on a train and two hours on a bus and 20 minutes on a ferry on a bus and four hours in a mall food court 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle to get here for this, after all.