Zuma’s Pawprints
Hello Boys and Girls, Wow, my friend Nigel has had quite an adventure! After spending a couple nights in the Alaska wilderness, Nigel, a sled dog from Nancy Yoshida’s team was reunited with Nancy. After a series of bad luck incidents and crashes on the Happy River Steps, and finally reaching Rainy Pass on a …
Hello Boys and Girls, As promised, I went down to the area behind the Millennium Hotel, Iditarod Race Headquarters, where the dogs returning from the trail snooze while waiting for their humans to pick them up and take them home. Snooze is right! Who wouldn’t take a long snooze when covered up in cozy blankets? …
Hello Boys and Girls, Here is an interesting question from one of the hundreds and hundreds of schools that are following the race and writing to us. It is a good question, so I wanted to answer it in an article to make sure everyone gets to know the answer. Good Morning Zuma, Here in …
Hello Boys and Girls! This is it! This is the moment we’ve been waiting for and I’m headed out the door in just a few mintutes to see the Re Start of the 2009 Iditarod. Yesterday was the Start. How much time it took for each musher to get from the starting to the banner …
Hello Boys and Girls, Wow! What interesting comments on the blog and email we got this year! We are always glad to hear from you and are now enjoying your letters and comments even more because it is so much fun to hear about the awesome projects that classrooms were involved in during the race. …
Libby Here! Lots of the email that boys and girls sent us this year asked about what the dogs wore during the race. Here is a sample of one of our letters: Dear K-9 Reporters, Our class is following the race. We saw on the Insider Video that the mushers wear winter gear that keeps …
Hello Boys and Girls, I’m getting awesome and incredible email and comments from students and race fans! It is great to hear from all of you. Keep reading and writing! You are going to get better grades in school because you are working so hard! I am very impressed! I wanted to share this poem …
Hello Boys and Girls, Gypsy sent me this letter telling about her interview with Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey. She was so lucky to get to meet him. I know you’ll enjoy reading this! Lots of Tail Wags, Zuma Hi Boys and Girls, What a treat I had a few weekends back! My humans took …
Hello Boys and Girls, The Iditarod offices will be closed tomorrow, Thursday October 18. In Alaska, many businesses don’t close for Columbus Day so that they can celebrate Alaska Day instead. Alaska Day is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the territory and the raising of the U.S. flag at Sitka on October 18, …
