Live Blog
Zero in Unalakleet. First musher expected Sunday morning before church. With any luck, one could witness the First to the Coast Award sponsored by Wells Fargo and still make it to church for the sermon.
I just landed in Huslia with Stu Nelson, chief vet. One of the local teachers took me on a tour and hooked me up in the school. Looking forward to wandering around and meeting villagers.
Twenty Iditarod volunteers – comms, vets and others are sitting at Gate L1 in the airport awaiting a PenAIr Charter to Unalakleet. We hear it’s 38 below out there at the first checkpoint on the Bering Sea Coast. Nancy Yoshida who’ll work at Safety and I sit with warm gear close at hand and wait …
Waiting in Galena for a flight out. Lots of howling dogs this morning. -30 degrees Fahrenheit. Follow the GPS tracker to see where I end up.
Follow Erin Montgomery, the 2015 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ as she travels from checkpoint to checkpoint by bush plane. Read her articles and view images from the Iditarod Trail. Erin is an educator from Iowa. Classrooms around the world are following Erin. Lesson plans and journal entries from the trail are important tools that …
Erin Montgomery, Iditarod Teacher on the Trail Arrived in Galena today. (March 12) Check out her latest article found at this link. http://itcteacheronthetrail.com/2015/03/12/gila/
We are getting ready to board our plane to Galena. Keep an eye on my tracker.
Erin Montgomery, Iditarod Teacher on the Trail left Anchorage again this morning and is headed to Galena. Erin will be checking in again with us once she is situated at a checkpoint.
Hanging in Anchorage today waiting for a flight to Galena. I will be back on the trail tomorrow.