Author: Heidi Sloan

Dear Friends, What an exciting day this will be!  We may have a champion come into Nome!  Right now, the mushers are looking pretty tired.

Dear Friends, I hope you are enjoying watching the progress of the teams going down the Iditarod Trail!  The varied landforms and weather on this

Dear Friends, You may have noticed that sometimes mushers and teams blow through checkpoints with a very short stop.  The volunteer checkers need to check

Dear Friends, Sled dogs are amazing animals!  They are loyal and work as a team.  Loyal means being committed to a team or a person,

Dear Friends, Most of the mushers and dog teams have taken the mandatory 24 hour rest now.  Even though you don’t always hear about it,

Dear Friends, Sled dogs like cold.  We sleep outside and have wonderful fur coats with two layers.  The inner layer of soft hair is like

Dear Friends, Have you ever seen a sign that says, “In a world where you can be anything, be kind?”  It is so important on

Dear Friends, Last night, Anna Berington’s sled runner broke!  This was going to be a huge problem while going up into the Alaska Range and

Dear Friends, The 2022 Iditarod has begun!  Yesterday, the 49 teams raced off from Willow Lake on their exciting journey.  I wonder if you knew

Dear Friends, Have you ever wondered how a musher from the lower 48 or Canada gets the sled dogs all the way up to Alaska