Zuma’s Pawprints
Hello, Boys and Girls, The Iditarod started March 4, and all the mushers are working their ways down the trail to Rainy Pass and beyond. The mushers first went to Yentna Checkpoint. Some of them went through that checkpoint very quickly, signing in on the checker sheet, and some of them stayed for a while. …
Hello Boys and Girls, The school year is going fast. Can you believe it’s already December? While you’ve been working hard in school and learning new things, the same can be said about the Iditarod mushers, too. By now, the deadline for signing up for the 2012 Iditarod has gone by and we officially have …
Hello Boys and Girls, With the school year off to a great start, I wanted to let you and your teachers know that the 2012 Iditarod promises to be an exciting race! This race is the 40th running of Iditarod. So what are we going to do to celebrate 40 years of Iditarod? Well, first, …
Woof, woof, howl — Hello to you, Boys and Girls! When Iditarod begins in downtown Anchorage on March 3, 2012, it will be the 40th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race®! Isn’t that amazing? 40 years is a LONG time! I’m not even 40 years old! Are you? Well Boys and Girls, I’m …
Hello Boys and Girls, Who would have thought when I snapped this picture at the Musher Drawing Banquet, that John Baker would be the 2011 Iditarod Champion? The answer is an easy one! Lots of people thought that he could do it…. and that ‘thought’ started with a dream… a dream that John had many …
Libby Here! Dropped dogs are dogs that mushers or veterinarians decide have to leave the race. Some dogs have a minor injury or an attitude is often the reason a dog gets dropped from the musher’s team and are out of the race. Dogs that leave the race, stay in a checkpoint until a small …
Hello Boys and Girls, I got to take a plane ride out to McGrath today to interview students from Brooksville, Maine. Yes, Boys and Girls, you heard me right. The students I interviewed were from Brooksville, Maine. Isn’t that amazing? These students have been working for 2 years to raise $30,000 to go to Alaska …
Hello Boys and Girls, There’s not a quiet moment at Race Headquarters! No matter where you look, any time of day, something is happening that signals that the race will soon be starting! An example of that today was the arrival of a big truck that was filled with race communications supplies! The big truck …
Hello Boys and Girls, Iditarod starts on March 5th and the excitement is growing! Today, I stopped by the Millennium Hotel. The beautiful hotel becomes race headquarters about this time every year. It was so exciting to see the hustle and the bustle, I just sat back and watched as the wonderful staff of the …
Hello Boys and Girls, Woof, woof, howl!!!!! Wait to you hear the news! Just the other day, I was chatting with my friend, Zorro. You remember Zorro, don’t you? Zorro is a very famous lead dog belonging to Lance Mackey. Zorro is the father and grandfather to many of Lance’s champion K9 athletes. Well, …
