Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By IAN MINIELLY
BESSEMER - Is it any wonder the second definition for mush, as in mushing, is the act of moving over great distances, particularly over snow with a dog team, while the first definition of mush is a thick porridge or cornmeal boiled in water or milk?
Likewise, the initial definition of gruel is a thin watery porridge, while grueling is something that is physically and/or mentally exhausting, like running a sled dog team through snowy wintry conditions.
Bessemer transplant and retiree Steve Kellogg, who has been training sled dogs for 13 years, vi...