Meredith Mapes who completed her rookie Iditarod in 2018 is working on a special project for Iditarod XLVII.  She’s sharing bits and pieces from the

And the race continues. Well, the dog sled race just started, but the race to prepare for and logistically run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog

Mid afternoon on Monday finds the teams moving along the trail and volunteers moving along the trail as well. The Iditarod Air Force is busy, busy,

In talking with some of the rookies today, the general consensus was that they were all ready to be on the trail – most were

By sunrise on Monday morning, Yentna Checkpoint at mile 42 is a ghost town.  The mushers have passed through, the volunteers will soon be flown

Monster snowflakes were falling as the dog trucks arrived at the Willow Community Center.  Soon though, the clouds thinned and partly cloudy would describe the

Soon teams will on the trail to Nome in Iditarod XLVII.  Yentna Station Roadhouse is the first checkpoint on the trail.  The distance from Willow

As teams headed to the start banner at 4th and “D” there were a lot of smiles.  Race fans by the thousands, gathered along 4th

At the start today I enjoyed talking to a lot of the rookies and their families. Some of the rookies were super nervous, many of

I always enjoy going to the drawing banquet in Anchorage, because there’s a wonderful mix of fans, volunteers, handlers, and mushers. I got to see