Hi Boys and Girls, Last night was the awards banquet in Nome. It was held at the Nome Recreation Center. The banquet is to congratulate all the finishers of this years race. There are also awards …
Hi Boys and Girls Top of the day to you! Hope every one is having a Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Well the last 4 mushers are in. Congratulations to all the finishers. Today’s pic from Jeff Schultz is of Christine Roalofs being presented the Red Lantern Award when she arrived in Nome. Now for todays …
Hi Boys and Girls Good Evening. Well the race is winding down. There are 4 teams out on the trail. Cindy Gallea has passed through Safety and should be in Nome soon. The last three teams are in White Mountain taking their 8 hour mandatory rest. Bob Chlupack made up some time and is only …
Hi Boys and Girls, In my morning update I gave a question of the day that I thought I’d answer in another post. The question was “What is the Red Lantern Award and who is it given to?” I sure thought that was going to be an easy answer. I looked it up to make …
Hi Boys and Girls I hope you are still watching the back of the pack. I have been reading The Eye on the Trail reports by Terrie Hanke. She’s been traveling with the back of the pack and reporting their stories. It’s so much fun to read. This morning I read that Travis Beals really …
Hi Boys and Girls It’s been a quiet day in Nome today. There are 4 mushers on their way there so it should get busy again soon. It looks like all mushers will be in Nome by sometime tomorrow (Saturday). This is one of the fastest races for the back of the packers I have …
Hi Boys and Girls The teams are still coming in. There are only 10 teams left out on the trail. Looks like everyone will be in Nome in time for the banquet on Sunday. This has been a great race. Make sure you cheer the back of the pack as they finish the race. Todays …
Hi Boys and Girls Teams have been coming in all day. 18 teams are still out on the trail so keep a look out for their finish. First some good news, Mae the dog that became separated from Newton Marshalls team was found today. It looks like he was headed to his home and traveled …
Hi Boys and Girls Well Nome is still a busy place. 5 more teams have arrived since last nights update and 8 teams are due into Nome soon. So keep watching. One team to watch this morning is Mike Ellis’ team of all Siberians. Mike is due in this morning and should break the record …
Hi Boys and Girls What a busy day in Nome. Since this morning’s update 17 teams have arrived and 5 more are on their way after leaving White Mountain earlier today. There are still close finishes going on. Did you see that Joar and Jaked finished 16 seconds apart? Or the finish between Cim and …
