Hi Boys and Girls

Did you remember to turn your clocks ahead last night?  My humans did but us dogs just don’t understand Daylight Savings time.  We’re use to getting up at a certain time and that’s what we wanted to do this morning.  We didn’t know we could sleep an hour longer! 

Well it’s been a busy day on the trail.  The lead has changed again. Mitch Seavey arrived into Unalakleet first but several teams are right behind him.  It sure is an interesting race.  I hope you are keeping up with all the changes. They seem to happen every time I look at an update. 

Todays picture from Jeff Schultz is of Brent Sass’s wheel dogs.  Look at those yellow booties.  They sure are bright and pretty!

Now for todays update:

DATE:   March 10, 2013  Weekend Edition 2

TIME:  11:34   Alaska Time   

LEADERS: 1. Mitch Seavey 2. Aaron Burmeister  3. Aily Zirkle 4. Martin Buser  5. Jake Berkowitz.  Wow A complete change of lead again!

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: Mitch and Aaron are in Unalakleet. They arrived just 14 minutes apart. The next 19 mushers have all left Kaltag and are on their way to Unalakleet. 3 teams are in Kaltag, 12 teams have left Eagle Island, 7 teams are in Eagle Island, 4 teams have left Grayling, 4 teams are in Grayling, 1 teams has left Shagaluk, 4 teams have left Iditarod, 2 teams are in Iditarod,

RED LANTERN POSITION: Cindy Abbott  who is resting in Iditarod.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Joar Leifseth Ulsom who is currently in 6^th place and has left Kaltag and is on his way to Unalakleet.

WEATHER:   The teams in Iditarod are experiencing temps in the upper teens  and it’s cloudy. The weather in Shagaluk is 26 and cloudy, The weather in Anvik, Grayling and Eagle Island is in the mid 20’s it’s cloudy. The weather in Kaltag is 18 and cloudy and in Unalakleet it’s 23 and cloudy. 

SCRATCHED: Michael Suprenant scratched in Iditarod out of concern for his dogs.

AWARDS: Wells Fargo Gold Coast Award was awarded to Mitch Seavey for being the first team into Unalakleet.  His award includes a beautiful gold cup and $2500 in gold nuggets.  Congratulations to Mitch.

Answer to this mornings Question: no question was given.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is the “Red Lantern Winner” Award?

The Burled Arches are being placed today in Nome.  When do you think the winner will arrive?  Remember to continue to watch the back of the pack. 

Until tomorrow,

Gypsy