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Linda Fenton 2013 Teacher on the Trail
After a week of collaboration, speakers, new experiences and new friendships, teachers from the the Iditarod Summer Camp for Teachers headed for the Volunteer Picnic and Musher Sign-Up at Iditarod Headquarters. We started the picnic doing what we do best – problem solving. A bundled tent was put down and teachers worked together to put …
Saying good-bye to Vern Halter’s Dream A Dream Dog Kennel was tough. Dogs, puppies, morning walks through the woods, teachers collaborating – things I love. Before we left, Vern gave us a challenge to team up and create an Iditarod race plan. Hmmm . . . we scratched our heads, but worked together to come …
“You did it with snowshoes, you did it with an ax, you did it however you could.” That was the first thing Joe May told us as he talked about the early years of racing in the Iditarod. Joe drove his Fiat to Alaska in 1975 “sick in body and sick in the head” and …
There are about 24 teachers (the largest number ever) gathered in Alaska for the Iditarod Summer Camp For Teachers. We are all here to collaborate and learn how to make the Iditarod a valuable classroom tool. We began the camp at Iditarod Headquarters in Wasilla on June 24. Teachers are here from Wisconsin, Florida, California, …
J.J. Keller is a Wisconsin company about 40 miles from where I live and they sponsor Dallas Seavy. Needless to say, they are ecstatic about his 2012 Iditarod win. The fact that he is the youngest person to ever win the Iditarod is a bonus. To celebrate his win, they brought him to their corporate …
I had my plane ticket, I had my clothes packed, I had my summer business squared away, and suddenly I didn’t have a bridge to get from Wisconsin to Duluth, Minnesota to catch my flight to Alaska for the Iditarod Summer Camp for Teachers. It is now labeled as the “Worst Flood In Duluth’s History” …