Hi Boys and Girls, Happy Friday! What are your plans for the weekend?

Hope you are doing something fun! There are 16 teams still out on the trail. It appears all teams will be in by the banquet on Sunday night. Let’s cheer on these teams. I’ll be watching until the last team is safely into Nome. Hope you will be to. PHOTO OF THE DAY:  DATE: March 18, 2016 TIME: 00:17 FINISHERS: 37. Martin Buser 10 days 11 hours 31 minutes 38. Karin Hendrickson 10 days 13 hours 55 minutes 39. Kristy Berington 10 days 13 hours 58 minutes 14 seconds 40. Anna Berington 10 days 13 hours 58 minutes 27 seconds 41. Justin Savidis 10 days 14 hours 44 minutes 42. Cody Strathe 10 days 15 hours 53 minutes 43. Paige Drobny 10 days 15 hours 54 minutes 44. DeeDee Jonrowe 10 days 22 hours 29 minutes 45. Nathan Schroeder 10 days 22 hours 39 minutes 46. Jodi Bailey 10 days 22 hours 44 minutes 47. Monica Zappa 11 days 0 hours 17 minutes 48, Michael Williams Jr. 11 days 2 hours 17 minutes 49. Melissa Owens Stewart 11 days 3 hours 29 minutes 50. James Volek 11 days 3 hours 54 minutes 51. Tim Pappas 11 days 6 hours 15 minutes 52. Becca Moore 11 days 7 hours 32 minutes 53. Alan Eischens 11 days 7 hours 39 minutes 54. Robert Bundtzen 11 days 8 hours 10 minutes NEXT 5 MUSHERS: Look for these mushers to arrive in Nome later today. 55. Noah Pereira out of Safety 56. Tom Jamgochian out of Safety 57. Miriam Osredkar out of Safety 58 Ryne Olson out of White Mountain There are 3 more teams out of White Mountain and 6 resting in White Mountain. RED LANTERN MUSHER: Mary Helwig is in Koyuk SCRATCHED: Billy Snodgrass scratched in Unalakleet in the best interest of his team. Ellen Halverson was withdrawn in Unalakleet. From the Press Release: “While Halverson wanted to continue the race, race marshal Mark Nordman made the decision based on rule 36 of the official Iditarod race rules regarding competitiveness. Both Halverson and her dog team are in good health. QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is the difference between scratching from the race and being withdrawn? Have a great day and see you on the trail. Gypsy