Lucy would like to thank Anne Gourlay for sponsoring her. She may be retired, but she still has lots of spunk and helps train the young dogs. Lucy finished a couple Iditarods and Yukon Quests and has several offspring currently in Aaron Burmeister’s and...
I’ve been struggling to get caught up on the blog from the start to current position. Here at the house we have 30 dogs still running in harness, so I have been very busy between organizing the logistics of flights to and from Nome for us and the dogs, helping...
This past fall we were contacted by Nathan Orie a teacher at Kennedy Middle School in Springfield, MA. He asked if his homeroom class could help us raise money for the Yukon Quest and Iditarod. We said of course! The class was able to raise enough through little...
As I mentioned in the last post, the ceremonial start on Saturday was not timed and not part of the actual race. I twas a chance to show off the teams to all the fans in Anchorage.. So the Willow restart on Sunday was the real deal. This is when things get serious...
Well folks, since I have been relegated to the computer during this race, I will attempt to get this blog rolling again. I know, I know, I’m a bit late, but we’ll back up a couple days and start at the beginning! It is Iditarod time and this will be Paige...
Like our last post title.. we are still waiting for the snow! This past fall has been a very dry one here in Interior Alaska, with some of the lowest snowfalls in history. This makes training on sled a bit difficult. However, we got about 6 inches of snow at the end...
