thing the rest of his life, it would be this. >> almost a spiritual connection that i have with dogs and all of nature. >> this is the way he felt since 1970 when his love of dog sledding compelled him to start his company krabloonik. a snow mass, colorado, business that takes people on dog sledding rides. opening the business was a dream come true. but even before he hung up his shingle he knew that the sledding would not pay for itself. >> the restaurant came about as a support system, finance am support system. >> interest sounds a little crazy. support one financially risky business, dog sledding rides, with another financially risky business -- a restaurant. but that's exactly what dan did. >> i was too young and dumb to know better what i started -- when i started that and i had a lot of energy. >> a lot of energy is what it took. dan not only created the idea for the restaurant, he actually built it himself. >> a lot of the logs were put in