Checkpoint Checkup: Takotna to Ophir
The last leg of our journey took us from McGrath to Takotna. This week we will ride with Charley Bejna and his team 23 miles
The last leg of our journey took us from McGrath to Takotna. This week we will ride with Charley Bejna and his team 23 miles
Many of the mushers will choose to take their mandatory 24-hour stop in McGrath while others will check into McGrath and move on to Takotna for
It’s time to pack the sled and booty the dogs, and go onward to McGrath. As often quoted by Vern Halter, former Iditarod musher, “If
We took a break in Rohn in our last Checkpoint Checkup. It’s time for our mushers to get moving again. This section of our journey
On our last checkpoint journey, we left Karin Hendrickson in Rainy Pass. The next part of the trek will take us about 35 miles to
As a reminder, I’ll be posting Trivia on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. Checkpoint Checkups will be posted on the second and

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I think it’s safe to say that we all have experienced disappointment at some point in our lives, whether it was something that didn’t turn
Dear Friends, Gypsy here. In my last article, I wrote about the Iditarod Gold Trail Loop that the dog teams will run for the 2021
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