Create! Send! Be an important part of the Iditarod! Provide your students with an opportunity to be involved in a service learning project. You can’t always be somewhere ‘physically’, but what you can do is help to create an environment for this exciting event. Be with us through your students’ art and creative endeavors. Remember, …
Hello friends, And just like that . . . it’s over. The 2024 Iditarod Sled Dog Race wrapped up with the Finisher’s Banquet on Sunday night, March 17 in Nome, AK. 38 teams began the race in Willow and 29 teams finished. Jeff Reid, a rookie from Two Rivers, AK brought in the Red Lantern …
Hello friends, The 52nd running of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race has a winner! Dallas Seavey claimed the title at 5:16 PM Alaska time. He had 10 of my K9 friends at the finish line. The entire race took him 9 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 8 seconds. This was his 6th Iditarod victory …
Hello friends, This is it pups, the end of the Iditarod is in our site. As of this writing Dallas Seavey (picture), Matt Hall, and Jessie Holmes are in White Mountain with Travis Beals, Jeff Deeter, and Paige Drobny heading that way. Following Rule #13, teams must stop in White Mountain for 8 hours before …
Hello friends, What a race! Teams are still running to see who will capture the title of Iditarod Champions. Sometimes we forget that there are also other winners along the way. Jesse Holmes and his K9s just won the Ryan Air Gold Coast Award for being the first team to Unalakleet, Travis Beals and team …
Hello friends, While I’m writing this I know many of my K9 friends are on their 24 hour layover. It’s a little confusing, however, if you just look at the standings. This is because if you notice the check-off column, it says “24 Completed” so the box will be checked when they leave the checkpoint. …
Hello friends, Day two of the Iditarod and already there is a big story that includes a moose. Moose can be dangerous animals on the Iditarod Trail as they are enormous animals that can crush a dog team and the human. This particular moose was blocking the trail for a few other teams who managed …
Hello friends, The training is behind them and the trail is in front as 38 teams left the starting line today in Willow, AK. Dog teams were so excited as they were lead to the banner, all of them barking and leaping to get to the start. The countdown begins 10 . . . 9 …
Hello friends, Educators from across the US are coming in for the 2024 Iditarod Educators Conference. There are teachers everywhere! While they are all special, there is one extra special teacher here from Houston, TX. Meet Kate Newmyer. Each year the Iditarod Education Committee chooses a Teacher on the Trail™ to send out lessons and …
Hello friends, 101.4. I’m not howling about a K9s average temperature (which is 101.0 – 102.5). 101.4 is the number of inches of snow in Anchorage as of January 29. After a few years of minimal snowfall this is great news in the mushing world. The snowfall isn’t the only weather news out of Alaska …
