Hi Boys and Girls

Have you been watching the race.  Mitch and Aily left White Mountain on their way to Nome only 13 minutes apart.  The next 3 mushers will be leaving soon.  By the time we wake up in the morning we could have a winner!  Who do you think it will be?  This is so exciting!!!

There were so many great pics by Jeff Schultz to pick from today.  Today’s photo is of Josh Cadzow running on the Bering Sea at sunrise.  Isn’t it a beautiful picture.

Now for todays update:

DATE:   March 12, 2013  PM Edition

TIME: 13:58 Alaska Time   

LEADERS: 1. Mitch Seavey  2. Aily Zirkle  3. Jeff King 4. Dallas Seavey  5. Ray Redington Jr.. 

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: Mitch and Aily are out of White Mountain. The next 9 teams are taking their 8 hour mandatory rest in White Mountain, The next 10 teams are all out of Elim and headed to White Mountain. The next 2 teams are in Elim. 2 teams have left Koyuk, 3 teams are in Koyuk, 9 teams have left Shatoolik, 1 team is in Shatoolik, 6 teams have left Unalakleet, 1 teams is in Unalakleet, 9 teams have left Kaltag, 3 teams have left Kaltag, 1 teams has left Eagle Island, 3 teams are in Eagle Island, 1 teams has left Grayling,

RED LANTERN POSITION: Jan Steves  who has left Grayling.

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Joar Leifseth Ulsom who is currently in 6^th place and is in White Mountain.

WEATHER:   The weather in Grayling and Eagle Island is 14 degrees and fair. The weather in Kaltag is 3 degrees and fair. The weather in Unalakleet is 12 degrees and fair. The weather in Shaktoolik is -2 degrees and fair. The weather in Koyuk is 9 degrees and fair. The weather in Elim is -2 degrees and fair.  The weather in White Mountain is 13 degrees and fair.

SCRATCHED: Jason Mackey scratched in Unalakleet due to his being ill and Rudy Demoski scratched in Unalakleet due to concern over his team.

WITHDRAWN:

AWARDS:

Answer to this mornings Question: White Mountain is only 77 miles from Nome so why would you want to rest the teams there.  The teams have just come off the Bearing Sea which can be a very rough part of the trail.  Since they are so close to the finish it would be a good time to really give that final push.  So a rest in White Mountain gives the teams time to rest and get food and prepare for the last 77 mile push to Nome.

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Check back in the morning to see where everyone is at.  My next post will probably be of the winner 🙂  Remember when the winner is in there will still be 55+ mushers out on the trail to be followed. 

Until later,

Gypsy