Hi Boys and Girls,

How exciting is this! The 40th Iditarod has started.  I was able to watch it yesterday on my computer.  Did any of you get to see the start.  The dogs were so excited.  They were jumping up and down at the start line and couldn’t wait to go.  Good luck to all the teams.  We’ll see you in Nome

Now for today’s

TIME: 13:

LEADERS:

1. Ray Redington, 2. Hugh Neff, 3. Lance Mackey, 4. Aliy Zirkle, and 5. Jim Lanier

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: The leaders are in Rainy Pass, There are 21 mushers at Rainy Pass and they appear to be resting,  there are 19 mushers traveling between Finger Lake and Rainy Pass.  The rest of the musher are either in Finger Lake or Skwentna.

WEATHER: The weather along the trail from Skwentna to Rainy Pass is around 9 degrees fahrenheit and it is lightly snowing.

SCRATCHED: No one

QUESTION OF THE DAY: The time of todays update was 13:30.  What kind of time is 13:30?

FAN QUESTION: Send me your questions and maybe you’ll see your question here.

Hope you are enjoying the race.  I have really enjoyed reading all your comments and questions.  Check back tomorrow for another update.

Until tomorrow,

Gypsy