Volunteers in Nome and those who reach Nome are well taken care of.  We are welcomed at the United Methodist Church where our housemothers, Deb

We have all grown during this experience.  Some growth happens just as an unplanned result of experience.  Some growth occurs out of necessity and some

Last night at the Convention Center,  Iditarod Headquarters for this week in Nome, we were all treated to the dramatic recitations of Robert Service’s amazing

It is so hard to put the excursion I took today into words.  I took a snow cat ride out to Safety Checkpoint and back. 

I bet you wondered what happens with the dogs after they finish the race. Well, after the teams come under the arch the dogs are

This morning around 9 AM I ventured out on the ice at the edge of town to watch for Martin Buser and Rohn Buser that

I went down last night to see where the mushers come up off the ice and onto Front St.  You think of ice as a

Today was my first real day in Nome, so I was out to discover any thing and everything that I could.  One of my first

Arriving in Nome feels somewhat electric.  When I arrived at the convention center they had the box my daughter had sent from Anchorage.  What a

I flew off in a brightly painted bird with Dave Looney as my pilot.  We were on our way to Elim.  Just about the time