Hi Boys and Girls The teams are finishing up their 24 hours rests. If I calculated correctly, all or almost all the teams should have that completed it by tomorrow morning. It appears most of the teams are done and are back on the move. Look at the number of teams traveling between Ophir and …
Hi Boys and Girls Hope everyone had a good nights rests. The teams are finishing up their 24 hour mandatory rest and are starting to move again. After today, the teams will start spreading out a little. The 24 hour rest due to the start differential, will help with the true position of the teams. …
Hi Boys and Girls, Well the teams are starting to take their 24 hour rest. 4 mushers including Martin Buser have already completed their mandatory rest time. Things will be a little quiet for awhile and will pick up again probably tomorrow afternoon. Todays picture from Jeff Schultz is of Brent Sas’ team resting. Now …
Hi Boys and Girls, Hope you have a great day today. We should be seeing the teams starting their 24 hour rests today and tomorrow. That just means the there will be less activity on the trail. Our photo from Jeff Schultz today is of one of Mike Ellis’ Siberian Huskies in the checkpoint of …
Hi Boys and Girls, Hope you are having a great day today. Have you been following the race and your favorite musher? How many of you are following the race at school? I bet your teacher has had some great Iditarod projects for you to do. Our photo from Jeff Schultz today is a dog …
Hi Boys and Girls, Good Morning, There sure have a lot of changes in the team positions since my last update. Martin Buser is resting at Rohn and several mushers have left Rohn ahead of him. Today’s picture from Jeff Schultz is of John Baker upon his arrival into Finger Lake. Now for today’s update: …
Hi Boys and Girls, It’s been a busy first day for the Iditarod. Martin Buser has taken and early lead. They are a lot of guesses on what his race plan is. What do you think? Today’s picture by Jeff Schultz is from Finger Lake. I hope you are enjoying the pictures. I sure am. …
Hi Boys and Girls, The teams are all off and the race is underway. Remember with these early updates that the teams are settling in on the trail and who is in the lead will probably change several times over the next day or so. First, here is a picture of Mitch Seavey leaving the …
Hi Boys and Girls, The restart has just begun. The teams are off to Nome. For yesterdays question, I asked what the difference was between the Ceremonial start and the restart. Did you find the answer? The Ceremonial start is on Saturday. It goes for 11 miles and ends at the Campbell airstrip. Each team …
Hi Boys and Girls, I just finished watching the Ceremonial Start. I hope you were able to watch it too. The mushers will now go with their Idita-riders for approximately 11 miles. They will then pack up their dogs and equipment and get ready for the start tomorrow in Willow. Hopefully all the mushers will …
