Hi Boys and Girls,

Hope you are having a great day today.  Have you been following the race and your favorite musher?  How many of you are following the race at school?  I bet your teacher has had some great Iditarod projects for you to do.  Our photo from Jeff Schultz today is a dog howling at the Finger Lake checkpoint.

Now for today’s update:

DATE:   March 5, 2013 

TIME:  14:09 Alaska Time   

LEADERS: 1. Aaron Burmeister 2. Aliy Zirkle 3. Lancy Mackey 4. Paul Gebhardt 5. Mitch Seavey.. 

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: Aaron and Aliy have left Nikolai.  The next 23 teams are resting in Nikolai, 26 teams are traveling between Rohn and Nikolai, 9 teams are resting in Rohn, 2 teams are between Rainy Pass and Rohn and 1 team is in Rainy Pass.

RED LANTERN POSITION: David Sawatzky who is resting in Rainy Pass

WEATHER:   The weather between Rohn and Rainy Pass is 35 and mostly cloudy, The weather around Nikolai is 24 and mostly cloudy.

SCRATCHED: No one

Answer to Yesterday’s Question: Watch for the answer to this morning’s question in tomorrows early edition.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: The 24 hour mandatory rest is coming up soon, What is this rest and when does it have to be taken?  Do all mushers take exactly 24 hours for their rest- Why or why not?

The mushers are still fairly close together on the trail.  I wonder if it will stay that way or if they will start spreading out some.  What do you think?

Until tomorrow,

Gypsy