Hi Boys and Girls

Did you hear? The winner should cross the finish line tonight!!!!!  Will it be Dallas, Aily, or Ramey, or one of the other front runners!  I can’t wait to find out.

Now for today’s update:

DATE: 3/12/2012

TIME: 11:58

LEADERS: 1.Dallas Seavey,  2. Aliy Zirkle, 3.  Ramey Smith,  4. Aaron Burmeister, 5. Peter Kaiser

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: Dallas, Aily, and Ramey have all left White Mountain this morning. 6 teams are in White Mountain taking their 8 hour rest. 3 teams have left Elim and are approaching White Mountain, 3 teams have left Koyuk, 6 teams have left Shaktoolik, 12 teams are in  Shaktoolik, 1 teams has left Unalakleet, 10 teams are in Unalakleet, 5 teams have left Kaltag,  1 team has left Nulato,  and 2 teams are in Galena,

RED LANTERN POSITION; Bob Chlupach who has left Galena

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Brent Sass is the lead Rookie in 13th place and he has left Elim

SCRATCHED: Gerry Willomitzer in Unalakleet due to the team not enjoying the race.  He felt continuing was not in the best interest of the team.

WITHDRAWN: None

WEATHER: The weather in White Mountain is 5 degrees F and lightly snowing. The weather in Elim is 3 degrees F and Fair. The weather in Koyuk is -2 and Partly Cloudy. The weather in Shaktoolik is -2 degrees F and it is cloudy and windy, The weather in Unalakleet is -11 degrees F and fair.  The weather in Kaltag is 4 degrees F and partly cloudy.

Answer to this mornings question: there was no question this morning.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: I will have a question for you later today so come back this evening for the update and question.

FAN QUESTION: Send me some questions and comments today and maybe your question will be picked for the question of the day.

Watch for my next post when I name the winner of Iditarod 40.  It’s going to be late tonight so most of you probably won’t get to watch it.   There will be in Insider video of the finish that you will be able to view later.

Happy Dreams,