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Linda Fenton 2013 Teacher on the Trail
As Teacher on the Trail, I was sent to this race to experience it from all aspects. I never, in my wildest dreams, thought one of my experiences would be to collect pee from Iditarod dogs. It is a job taken very seriously by the vets and the two women, Kidrin and Maureen, whose sole …
The last 10 mushers are just making it into Nikolai this early morning – a few are here and a few are on the trail trying to get here. Our friend and fellow teacher Angie Taggart just came in. She and her dogs look good although she is contemplating dropping a dog here. She reported …
I lost my lead (for those of you who are tracking me on GPS) and flew back down the trail to Nikolai. The pilots of the Iditarod Air Force have been wonderful flying me across the beautiful state of Alaska. With pilot Danny, I was able to see the Iditarod Trail from the air and …
SKWENTNA CHECKPOINT CONT. “Dog traffic.” That’s the start of the Communications (Coms) report from the Skwentna River to the cabin at the top of the hill. Martin Buser was the first musher to arrive at 8:45 PM. He stopped briefly to snack his dogs, then he was off down the river. Mushers soon arrived at …
March 3, 2013 – THE DAY – The official start of the 2013 Iditarod. It was a beautiful day with Denali clearly visible in the distance. Dog teams and mushers arrived at Willow in small trucks with or without trailers or large trucks with huge trailers. Men, women, rookies and 30 year veterans have been …
On Friday, March 1, 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage was bustling with cars, buses, taxis and people everywhere. That night, truckload after truckload of snow was hauled into the over 13 city blocks and dumped in the streets. Overnight, 4th Avenue changed from a busy car street to a busy dogsled trail. This is it …
[wpvideo VaNj2RQT] Thursday was a busy day for Iditarod Mushers. They gathered early for a mandatory pre-race meeting. Race sponsors were introduced and applauded for helping keep the race going, mail packets were signed, a trail report was given (the snow looks good!) and they heard from the head Vet and others. At lunch mushers …
I had to ask myself today, “How many pictures of dogs do I really need?” Not enough it seems. I wanted to share a few on this post, but realized “a few” was the hard part. The mushers we teachers have met over the past few days have all been open about sharing their dogs …
The 2013 Winter Conference for Educators is now officially underway. Teachers and presenters are gathered here from Alaska and the Lower 48 states. New for the conference this year is presenter Barbara Cargill who is the chair of the State Board of Education in Texas. Barbara is committed to Science curriculum in her state, and …
The other day, while visiting Iditarod Headquarters, I had the opportunity to witness a vet check. Cim Smyth was there with his dogs getting their pre-race check-up. This included having blood drawn and getting an EKG – the dogs, not Cim. 🙂 A few of the dogs were skittish about coming into the vet trailer, …