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Nicolas is busy chatting away down in the dog lot. His team is one big family affair. The oldest dog in the team is Diva, who is the mom of most of the rest of the dogs. There are 12 dogs either 2 or 1 year old. ” The Twoyearolds from last year are really …
Nicolas Petit in Rainy Pass
I missed Nicolas Petit arriving in Rainy Pass as I finally got a few hours of sleep. Last night did not go as planned. Leaving Finger Lake about 1.30 in the morning, I had hoped for a quick ride to Rainy Pass. The trail started out excellent, deep snow. Till about 7 miles out I …
The checkpoint in Skwentna was filling up quickly. I was surprised to see Dallas Seavey pull in. I would have guessed that he camped out on the way to Skwentna. His dad Mitch did. Robert Buntzen, Michael Williams Jr and Aliy Zirkle all pulled in shortly after. In the meantime Cym Smyth and Nicolas Petit …
It’s race day in Willow. the skies were blue and the Mountain was out. It’s the dogs that are the real characters. They can hardly contain their excitement. Dogs that took to the trail today numbered 1,346. Most every team started the race with 16 dogs today but a few teams went out with a …
Corall Hill
Here a few shots of the teams dropping down towards the Big Susitna River. They had just passed ” Camp Flamingo “. From here on out, traveling is on the wide open river. The trail not always clearly defined. Down the big Su, hang a right onto the Yentna River and go upstream. Go for …
It is an Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ tradition to ride in the sled of a musher at the ceremonial start. This is something that I have looked forward to since June! I had the thrill of a life time at the ceremonial start as I rode in the sled of Canadian musher Jason Campeau. His …
First Saturday in March and it’s time for Iditarod. The street crews have worked all night spreading the snow stock piled in Anchorage and the Fairbanks snow delivered by the Alaska Railroad. Mother Nature contributed about two inches of light and fluffy snow on Friday afternoon to make the whole city look a little like …
IT IS SNOWING in Anchorage. Timing could not be much better. Some fresh snow, matter of fact any snow, will help with tomorrow’s 3 mile Ceremonial Start. Some white in the pictures will look much better. Friday before race start is a little bit of a breather day for the mushers. Some host open houses, …
The Iditarod Trail Committee has selected Joanne Potts to be the Honorary Musher for Iditarod XLIV. Her association with Iditarod began in 1975 when a neighbor asked if she’d like to volunteer for the race. Being fairly new to Alaska at the time, Joanne didn’t even know what Iditarod was. Over the past forty years, …
Running a marathon sled dog race like the Iditarod or Yukon Quest starts with a dream that eventually comes true with a lot of planning, preparation, practice and perseverance. When I met Laura Neese, she was standing with her dogs at Nature’s Kennel in the UP of Michigan and one might say she was living …
