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Stories from the Trail
So we can finally break the big news! Monica Zappa has a wonderful new sponsor……. Introducing…. Petchup! Yes, petchup…. As in ketchup (and mustard too) for your pets…. You can learn about Petchup here: http://mypetchup.com/ Before we went on Winter Break, we checked in with Monica to get an update on her training. She reports …
“Always striving to find ways to get the trail recognized, another idea was hatched at one of the many meetings. The Iditarod Trail was a mail trail, so why not have each musher carry mail? An arrangement was made with the U.S. Postal Service to carry cachets, packets of letters, over the Iditarod to Nome. …
Monica and the boys are working on their December update, but here’s a quick check- in while they work! The snow around her kennel has gone from bad to worse because it rained and so there is a layer of ice on top of everything. So, to improvise, Monica and Tim packed up the dogs …
We are learning a lot about being ethical news reporters! A film crew visited our school and even after a forty minute interview, they still managed to report that I am competing in the Iditarod! They boys have taken that to heart and are applying their new sense of justice to all of their reporting …
The story goes that a group of five to seven kids started the Junior Iditarod because they were less then eighteen years old and therefore couldn’t compete in the main race. The first race was held in 1978 and there were actually two divisions that year; a junior division for ages 11-14 and a senior …
Just a quick comparison: Baltimore time: 1:30pm Squid Acre time: 9:30am Baltimore temperature: 51⁰F Squid Acre temperature: 0⁰ It’s a distance of 4, 152 miles away from us and would take us 2 days and 23 hours to drive there. But with Skype, we could connect in a matter of minutes! Using Skype in the …
Kasilof’s average November high temperature is 31⁰F. Kasilof’s average November low temperature is 15⁰F. Today in Kasilof, a high of 45⁰F is expected. What does that mean for fall dog sled training? According to our favorite Iditarod rookie, Monica Zappa, that means MUD! Lots and lots of mud! My students recently interviewed Monica about how …
“… make sure you leave something (such as food) for the Old Woman when you leave. You don’t want her ghost chasing you to Nome and throwing bad luck your way.” From Don Bower’s Trail Notes http://iditarod.com/about/the-iditarod-trail/ So much of the Iditarod Trail is the history. With that history come the stories of the people …
“Did you hear from Monica?” “Did you tell Monica about our plan yet?” “Did she see our video yet?” “Does Monica have snow yet?” It seems like a day doesn’t go by without someone in my class asking about Monica. (The Brady Bunch episode where the other two sisters complain about “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” goes …
News Flash: Three dogs destined for the Inaugural Parade were stolen from the Maryland Farm where they were staying. Joe Redington Sr.’s lead dog Feets and his faithful Candy who made it to Nome 7 times and carried Redington to the top of Mt. MKinley are two of the missing. Norman Vaughan’s leader was also …