Hi Boys and Girls,

Good Morning! As of 03:01 AST, there are only 8 teams left on the trail. All of them are either in White Mountain or have left White Mountain. My prediction is that all teams will be in Nome by dinnertime tonight! What do you predict?  Who do you think will be our Red Lantern winner.  Look at the updates closely and see if you can predict who will win it.  It’s going to be close!

FINISHERS-(since last post)

52. Trent Herbst
53. Kristin Bacon
54. Misha Wijes
55. Joe Carson
56. Thomas Rosenbloom

The Final Eight

57. Zoya DeNure- out of Safety
58. Michael Baker- out of White Mountain
59. Matthew Failor- out of White Mountain
60. Jimmy Lebling- out of White Mountain
61. Cindy Abbott- in White Mountain
62. Paul Hansen- in White Mountain
63. Alan Eischens- in White Mountain
64. Peter Reuter- in Whiter Mountain

Rookie Report

There are 4 rookies still on the trail. The Rookies have done an awesome job this year. Congratulation to everyone who will be receiving their Finishers Buckle Sunday Night!

Red Lantern Position

Rookie Peter Reuter is in White Mountain. He is only a minute behind Alan Eischens. The Red Lanterns Award is still up for grabs!

Scratched

No one

Weather

White Mountain- It is 4 degrees, cloudy, with 7 mph winds

Nome- It is -1 degrees, partly cloudy with calm winds

Question of the Day

What is the Finishers Buckle and who can receive one?

Answer to previous question

The teams that have finished are all still in Nome. How come? And what are they doing in Nome? The teams stay in Nome until the Finishers Banquet on Sunday night. So what do they do between the time they finish and the banquet? Many will stay with host families in Nome. A host family is a family that allows a musher and their family to stay with them while the musher is in Nome. It is so nice of the people of Nome to open their homes to these mushers. Since Nome is a small town, there are places to eat and things to do. I bet the mushers get together and swap stories of things that happened along the trail. Musher families are also in Nome to greet their loved ones when they finish the trail. So it’s a good time to be with family again. I’m also thinking there is a lot of sleeping happening. I bet the mushers are exhausted at the end of the race.

The dogs all have a special place to stay with plenty of straw and food and belly rubs. I mean who doesn’t love a good belly rub!

I will update after the last team comes into Nome and we have a Red Lantern Winner. Have a great Saturday!

See you on the trail,

Gypsy