Top of the Morning to you, Happy St. Patricks Day! I’m going through my wardrobe this morning looking for something green to wear. My human says she may have a scarf I can wear. I’m so excited. I might even get some corned beef for dinner tonight. I’m still watching the race. I hope you are too. 16 more teams have arrived in Nome. There are still 37 teams on the trail. Let’s cheer them on to Nome! PHOTO OF THE DAY: Photo of Aliy Zirkle by Jeff Schultz DATE: March 17, 2016 TIME: 2:17 FINISHERS: 24. Linwood Fiedler 9 days 14 hours 57 minutes 25. Michelle Phillips 9 days 16 hours 7 minutes 26. Geir Idar Hjelvik 9 days 17 hours 24 minutes 27. Mats Pettersson 9 days 20 hours 44 minutes 28. Ketil Reitan 9 days 21 hours 18 minutes 29. Lars Monsen 9 days 21 hours 52 minutes 30 Dag Torulf Olsen 9 days 22 hours 6 minutes 31 Katherine Keith 9 days 23 hours 30 minutes 32. Allen Moore 9 days 23 hours 56 minutes 33. Ed Stielstra 10 days 3 hours 14 minutes 34. Jason Mackey 10 days 3 hours 52 minutes 35. Jason Campeau 10 days 4 hours 10 minues 36. Tore Albrigtsen 10 days 11 hours 5 minutes NEXT 5 MUSHERS: Look for these mushers to arrive in Nome later today. 37. Nathan Schroeder out of Safety 38. Martin Buser out of Safety 39. Karin Hendrickson out of White Mountain 40. Kristy Berington out of White Mountain 41 Anna Berington out of White Mountain There are 3 more teams out of White Mountain and 7 resting in White Mountain. RED LANTERN MUSHER: Ellen Halveson out of Kaltag TOP ROOKIE: Geir Idar Hjelvik finished in 26th place. SCRATCHED: None

See you on the trail,

Gypsy