Hi Boys and Girls,

Have you been following the race today?  Many of the teams have finished their 24 hour rest.  Soon we’ll know exactly what position everyone is in.  I can’t wait! 

Tonight’s update:

DATE:  March 6, 2014

TIME:  12:50

LEADERS:

1.Jeff King

2.Sonny Lindner

3.Martin Buser

4.Robert Sorlie

5.Aaron Burmeister

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS:  Jeff and Sonny are in Ruby, Martin, and Robert are out of Cripple, Aaron and the next 6 teams are in Cripple. The next 21 teams have left Ophir. 7 teams are in Ophir, 2 teams have left Takotna, 3 teams are in Takotna, 2 teams have left McGrath, 9 teams are in McGrath, and 1 team is in Nikolai.

RED LANTERN POSITION:  Yvonne Dabakk who is in Nikolai.

WEATHER:   The weather in Cripple and Ruby is 5 degrees and cloudy. The weather along the trail from Nikolai to Ophir is 7 degrees and partly cloudy.

SCRATCHED: No one

QUESTION OF THE DAY: There have already been a few awards given.  Do you know what they were and where they were given?

Answer tomorrow morning.

Answer to today’s question: There are 2 mandatory rests other than the 24 hour.  Do you know where they must be taken and how long they are?

There will be two more mandatory stops.  Both are eight hour stops.  One must be taken on the Yukon River and one must be taken at White Mountain.  Important- none of the mandatory rests may be combined.

Well that does it for today.  I predict tomorrow will be a very interesting day.  What do you think? 

Until morning,

Gypsy