I've talked to a few of you already about this (and thanks again Jenn for helping with the startup stuff), but I am working to start a Gulf Coast H2M2 for folks in the NW Florida/S Alabama area. Frankly, I was sitting around being jealous of all of you Colorado and Miami folks who have meetups, and I decided instead of just being jealous I should do something about it. I know there are a few of you within a couple hours of here, and so I plan on doing a rotation around parks here. I'm tentatively scheduling the first one for mid January at the Scott Complex dog park in Pensacola. I know it will start small, but with enough advertising and word of mouth I'm sure we will grow. I'm starting to run into quite a few folks around here with Huskies, so I know they exist in this part of the world.

If any of you out there are interested, please look up and join one of the following Facebook groups:

Husky Huddle and Malamute Mingle ~ Florida
Husky Huddle and Malamute Mingle ~ Alabama

If you are interested and not a Facebook member, shoot me a PM and I will put together an email distribution list.

In addition to the Facebook groups, I now have a page on meetup.com:

http://www.meetup.com/Gulf-Coast-Husky-Huddle-and-Malamute-Mingle/

Good luck with the group. I help run the one here in Oklahoma so if you have any questions feel free to ask. It would be cool to eventually get enough interest to have a regional or national get together but that's probably a stretch.

Thanks Brian, I definitely won't hesitate to ask. I've actually got a buddy who lives in OKC and has a husky, and I keep pointing him towards your group. He's been super busy and doing some training in San Antonio, but I think today is his last flight. He said last night he was going to join the forum after that last flight, so hopefully he does.

The official inaugural meet for the Gulf Coast H2M2, but we wound up having an unofficial meet this past Sunday. We wound up with 5 Huskies there (and another mix that didn't come in but said they'd be there on Saturday), including Ghost, Duchess, and Carbon. I went nuts with my camera, and here are some of the pics I got.

Duchess and Carbon:


Ghost splashing Duchess:


Ghost and Bella:






My little Tomboy chilling in the mud:


Ghost pinning a Mastiff:


Ghost, Bella, and Duchess:


Ghost and Duchess:




Ghost and Rafa saying hi:


Ghost and Rafa:




Husky Huddle!!


Duchess:


Ghost chasing friends:


Ghost and Carbon:


Ghost and Rafa going in for the tackle:

great pics!

You got some very nice action shots!

You know I'll be there ASAP!!! LOL!

Soon as these pups get a wee bit bigger.

Joining the Meetup Group now!

Carbons little in that group. Hes only about 30 lbs lol

Great pics!!

Awesome pics!!! Yay for new husky friends for Ghost!!!

Layin in bed and he jumps up n starts cuddling. Too sweet, picture time lol

I will be bringing an extra charged phone battery for videos and pictures of this. Carbons super excited!!

Awesome, looking forward to seeing you guys! Don't forget, its at Scott Complex and not Bayview.

There will be at least 2 more huskies at the next one, i believe. I met some cool people with huskies. 1 was a red husky, beautiful dog! and the other one was a 3 yr old big boy. Ghost would love him. I pointed them this way. Just as long as the guy at Bayview stops working out in front of everyone lol

great pics of your mini meet! the one of Ghost and Duchess is priceless, cant stop looking at both of their faces!

Awesome, thanks Dave! I posted pictures on the facebook pages, and as soon as I stop slacking I'll post a few up here. Maybe later tonight, but I have a lot of crap to do yet.

All told, we had 11 Huskies show this past Saturday. It was awesome!