Hello friends,

Putting on a big race like the Iditarod takes a lot of “behind the scenes” work. Our human friends have been putting in many hours trying to make the 2017 Iditarod another successful race.

I recently stopped in at the Airland Transport Warehouse in Anchorage, AK where people were pitching in to prepare straw.  Yes straw.  I know you humans prefer comfortable mattresses with sheets and blankets, but what we dogs love after a long run is to lay down in a soft pile of straw.  Coming into a checkpoint our musher will grab a bale of straw and spread it out for us. After turning a few circles, we lay down and tuck our noses into our bushy tails. For the 2017 race, volunteers prepared 1,635 bales of straw.  BowWow! That’s a lot of straw.  Bales will be delivered to each checkpoint by volunteer pilots of the Iditarod Air Force. Check out pictures of the February 9, 2017 action here: http://iditarod.com/photo/

Thanks volunteers for all you do!

Tail wags,

                                  Zuma