tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73656389520007809582024-03-18T21:01:00.642-08:00Husky Productions/DJQA country girl with a love of sled dogs and a television career. Meshing these together in a small Alaskan community is a dream come true. The fruits of my labor can be found on my website by clicking the husky icon below. The discoveries made along the way can be found here.
Click on any photo to see a larger version. Comments are welcomed!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-49685397614032110852013-12-09T23:01:00.000-09:002013-12-10T08:59:14.586-09:00My SPIRIT--a memorial <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;"> </span>December 10, 2013 would have been Spirit's 12th birthday. On May 28, 2013 I helped him across the Rainbow Bridge. A very sad day and still brings tears to think about it. Spirit was my heart dog. While I love all my huskies, every now and then, one grabs you more than the others. Before Spirit, it was Quinn. When Quinn passed I wasn't even going to get another Siberian. I had my pound dog Annie and figured that was enough for a while. But, Annie was lonely, so I got Chena. And a couple years later, I got Spirit. Maybe I bonded with Quinn and Spirit because they came into my life when they were only a few weeks old. I met Spirit when he was 10 days old.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit(left) and a littermate at 10 days.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I went back to visit him again at 4 weeks, 6 weeks and at 8 weeks I took him home. He was such a cute puppy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">4 weeks-stole my heart</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">6 weeks-Spirit far right</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">8 weeks old and home!<br />
Spirit was always a whiner and a loner. When I went to pick him up to bring him home, my sister asked if I was sure he was the one I wanted. Of course he was!! And he whined his whole life. It became quite the laugh. He could noises like a wookie in Star Wars. I read somewhere that George Lucas patterned the wookie noise from his Malemute. Well, he could have used Spirit.</td></tr>
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Spirit settled in quickly. Chena adopted him immediately. Annie tolerated him. My mom's dog Jill loved him. He was quite the boy. He seemed to like everyone.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chena, who never had puppies, quickly adopted Spirit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Mom's Clumber Spaniel, Jill, found a new playmate.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annie, the old black pound dog, tolerated a very playful puppy.</td></tr>
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Spirit was a great dog. We walked everyday at Prettyboy Reservoir. He was allowed off leash for a couple years, until one day Chena led him astray. After that, only one of them was ever off leash at a time. That pack mentality was not good. He loved running through the woods. He chased deer--never caught one. He met horses and was quite interested in them. He caught a squirrel once and brought it to me. I ignored him. I knew if I tried to take it away he'd eat it. He was so proud of himself and I think disappointed I didn't feel the same. So he hid the squirrel under a fallen tree. For 3 days he'd stop and check on that squirrel. But the 4th day, it was gone. He was quite upset about that, running to me like it was my fault.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit always liked high places. This was on the banks at Prettyboy <br />
when we were having a drought and the water was low.</td></tr>
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Spirit proved to be a real snow dog. Whenever we had snow--and this was in Maryland--he would be laying in it. When we moved to the Poconos he did the same thing. And when we got to Alaska I think he found his heaven.<br />
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In the Poconos, we lost Chena. And even though Sissy had come to live with us, Spirit really missed Chena. After that, he never really hung out with any of the girl dogs. I was the only one he wanted to be with. I kept getting more dogs and while he liked them, he became Mr Aloof. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sissy and Spirit. Sissy was an Iditarod finisher with Karen Ramstead.<br />
She taught Spirit to be a sled dog.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vocal his whole life, here he is giving me lip while I'm trying to take photos.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">While he loved to run, he didn't pull a lot.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">Finally figured it might be because his head was so big and</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">unlike Chena, he would never get a CD title. He did </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">however love agility and was the class clown, talking through every run. He was pretty good at it, except for the weave poles. I think in that husky head of his, he thought they were pointless.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit in the show ring. Not sure where this is.</td></tr>
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Spirit became my go to dog. Whenever I could only take one dog, it was Spirit. He was so mellow and so handsome and he loved to go. He rode in the back with his head between the seats, many times laying his head in the crook of my arm. He was the happiest when it was just he and I out and about. I took him when I drove back the Denali Rd, when we camped in Ninilchik and when I worked at the Princess Lodge for Alaska State Parks one summer, he went with me. He was part of my demonstration on mushing and sled dogs. He loved it for a few weeks, but the pressure got to him. We would be in the lobby with 40 people standing around him taking his photo and calling his name. I think he couldn't understand what they wanted since he was right in front of them. I was sad to send him home, but knew he would be happier--or at least not stressed out. He did mope when I went away and didn't take him. He did love going to Ninilchik. We camped in my Scamp on the beach. He got to sleep in the bed with me and we walked a lot..his favorite thing. Spirit was also a thief. If you had food on the counter, you better not step away because he would have it. I never put food on they table unless I was going to sit down. At Ninilchik, sitting around the campfire with my friends Pat and Sarah, Pat had a sandwich in her hand and was holding it up near the side of her face. Spirit walked up behind her and took it right out of her hand. He was so fast!! Pat was quite shocked. LOL He was also quite the beggar. If you ate dinner he was right there at your elbow with the most expressive eyebrows just looking at you with that, "Are you going to eat that?" look. It was hard to get mad at him. Even at night, when he choose to sleep outside. Didn't matter the temperature, he was happiest outside. That is, until about 4 am when he would beat on the sliding door and scream like something was after him. I'd let him in and he'd run full blast to the bedroom, jump on the bed, turn around really fast and collapse with a harrumph. He was great to sleep next to at -30 as he radiated heat. </div>
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him when he didn't come home with me in May. She grieved.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical Spirit scene. Curled up in the snow. Sometimes he'd go<br />
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I have enjoyed living in Willow, Alaska more than I can explain to you. I moved here to run my recreational team of sled dogs and have experienced great happiness out on the well groomed trails of Willow.<br />
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But, now it is time to move on. So, for the person, couple or family looking for a nice Alaskan style home, on the grid, 5 star energy rated, 1.32 acres of land, dog lot in place, fabulous greenhouse and more--just look at the photos. Home has three bedrooms, one of which is the master bedroom consisting of two rooms. There is a room in the full basement which I use for a guest room, but it has no windows, so cannot be listed as a bedroom. It is quite cozy.Two bathrooms, one on the main floor with the master bedroom and one upstairs with two bedrooms.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The house in autumn. Notice the brand new roof installed in 2012. The<br />
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The two garage is heated with a Toyo stove and has it's own oil tank. You'll be thankful for the heat in winter. The garage also has a new roof. Inside there is a lot of extra room with a work bench, bathroom, dog run-with a dog door to the outside puppy pen and wood shed, and enough space to store an ATV.<br />
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Summer is just glorious here. The flowers do extremely well in pots under the windows. The back dog lot is full of fireweed and raspberries!!! You'll love sitting on the front deck with your dogs and enjoying the summer breezes and sunshine. Yard is full of birch and cottonwood. I removed all the black spruce as they were a fire hazard.</div>
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And in the winter, if you're lucky, you will get to see the Northern Lights dance right over your house!!<br />
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<a href="http://fineartamerica.com/art/all/red+rock+canyon/prints" style="font: 10pt arial; text-decoration: underline;">red rock canyon prints</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-46801308919153392652011-09-30T22:05:00.000-08:002011-12-02T16:33:51.993-09:00Summer/Fall/WinterAfter the Ninilchik trip (see previous entry listed right) it was back to work at the campground. Life slowed down as the Silver run was OK this year, but not spectacular. My camp hosts and I went back to the Deshka River with I Fish Alaska and fished for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coho_salmon">Silver Salmon</a>. We each caught our three a day limit and had a great time again. It's worth it just to be out on the beautiful river. Life at the campground was nice. We finished painting all the picnic tables and the camp hosts had the grounds clean of all trash. It's hard to realize that some people have no respect for the earth and continue to just dump their trash. Where's our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7OHG7tHrNM">Crying Native</a> when we need him??<br />
At any rate, it was a lovely end to summer and closing of the campground.<br />
I made a quick trip back east to visit my 85 year old Mom, see my family and some friends and work for a few days on a sitcom called, "Are We There Yet?" Nice people, cute show. While I love the beauty of the countryside back east, it is far too crowded for my taste and I was glad to return to Alaska.<br />
Autumn was in full swing when I got back. The shades of yellow are just lovely in the fading sunshine. I've been running my four dog team and they are doing great! Temperatures drop into the 20's at night and rise into the 40's during the day. It's a great time of year.<br />
The Willow Dog Mushers, of which I am currently President, held their 4th K9 Athlete Symposium. It was a huge success and a lot of fun. So much to see and do. Here's a blog with photos of the day:<a href="http://willowdogmushers.blogspot.com/">K9 Athlete Symposium</a><br />
A day trip yesterday with fellow Parks employees was the perfect way to end September. We drove north on the Parks Highway to the Veteran's Memorial. Stopping at the Princess Lodge first for a photo op with the Mountain made me realize how much I love it up here. We decided to continue north to Cantwell where we had lunch at the lodge there. A little known place as it is back off the highway. Food was very good. We were surprised to see snow along the road way. It must have fallen overnight. Termination dust was evident everywhere. Broad Pass was it's usual spectacular self. It was a day of laughs and friendship and just being.<br />
Today was a clean up the yard day with help from a friends' son. He's a good kid and a good worker. After I took him home, I stopped for one last fall photo from Hatcher Pass Rd.<br />
Enough talk, pictures tell a better story. Enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sky reflected in the Deshka River--glorious day for fishing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The limit of coho salmon for us!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At home, the flowers are in full bloom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side of my house with full flower boxes. <br />
That's Fritter laying at the bottom of the stairs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of sweet peas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireweed in the back yard dog lot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, back at the campground folks are fishing for Silver Salmon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little Ermine visited me at the fee booth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spent opening day at the State Fair--did I say I love State<br />
Fairs? Stepped in the petting zoo with the Alpaca. CUTE!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I also love goats. Had one as a kid. Her name was Maude.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this was a sweet llama.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The end of August I celebrated by 62nd birthday!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is why I love working at Willow Creek. My view from<br />
the fee booth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fall started early this year I thought. The fireweed topped out early too.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reflections</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A place to just be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clouds roll over the Talkeetna Mountains.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun thing at home. The dog lot was fenced. My huskies<br />
were insanely happy to have more room to run!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chena likes the new area.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fritter and Nahanni check out the fence line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at the Willow Creek, The Alaska Range glows in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn has started along the Susitna River.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick trip back east and a wonderful visit with family and friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow over the fields.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took my Mom for a drive through the Gettysburg Battlefield when<br />
we happened upon a cavalry performance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heading home to Alaska we flew over the Susquehanna River.<br />
Still very high from all the flooding. That's Three Mile Island to the left.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Time to run dogs--photo by my friend Sarah.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the Parks Hwy on the way to Wasilla.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Termination dust on Pioneer Peak.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Willow Lake--above and below</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storm over the Talkeetnas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denali from the Princess Lodge pull off.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The full Alaska Range.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denali from the Veteran's Memorial. It was almost clouded over.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">High bush cranberries I believe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spectacular day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Falling leaves over Byers Lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Broad Pass--next few photos. I love this area. I usually take a lunch<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Termination dust on the Alaska Range.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you've driven the Parks Highway, no doubt you have seen<br />
the Igloo. It was built to be a B&B. Supposedly, at one time,<br />
it was quite lavish inside. Unfortunately, someone has trashed it.<br />
It is for sale and as the front door was broken down, we<br />
wandered in. I've always been fascinated by dome buildings.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the hallways on the bottom floor. It curves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up, you can see the next two floors. Someone<br />
with money and vision could make this such a unique place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The center ceiling. Look at the wood!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final shot of fall. Taken on Willow Fishhook Rd, aka Hatcher Pass Rd.<br />
Looking over the Matanuska Susitna Valley. Winter is on the way!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-43859892811174900872011-08-03T15:31:00.002-08:002011-08-04T07:56:23.453-08:00Ninilchik Camping Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The third week of July I found myself and Spirit heading to the Kenai Peninsula with my Willow Creek camp hosts, Sarah and Pat. Their friend Melissa, from Florida, also joined us. We caravanned down the Sterling Highway to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninilchik,_Alaska">Ninilchik</a> where would camp at the <a href="http://dnr.alaska.gov/parks/units/deepck.htm">State Park at Deep Creek</a>. This is Pat and Sarah's favorite place to camp and fish. The fish come right out of the Cook Inlet into Deep Creek to spawn and die. This is the week they always go to catch Silver Salmon; also known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coho_salmon">Coho salmon</a>. Imagine our surprise when the silver run was not yet there. We were bummed, but had a wonderful 5 days there anyway.<br />
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What's not to like?? The scenery is magnificent! Looking across <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Inlet">Cook Inlet</a> you see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Redoubt">Mt Redoubt</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Iliamna"> Mt Iliamna</a> and farther to the south <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_Volcano">Mt Augustine</a>. These are active, though quiet at the moment, volcanoes! They are also part of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands">Aleutian Islands</a> and the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire"> Pacific Ocean Ring of Fire</a>. Pretty exciting and oh so beautiful.<br />
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We camped four nights. We hiked, did some sight seeing, threw our lines in (Pat caught a small flounder) and drove to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Spit">Homer Spit </a>for lunch. Of course, I took a lot of photographs.<br />
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There were a lot of eagles at Deep Creek. Many were juveniles. We marveled at their flight and diving after other birds. It was quite the show. One morning we awoke to a juvenile sitting atop someone's RV. He didn't seemed bothered by us walking around taking his photo.<br />
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Spirit was the perfect camping buddy. Content to lie outside by the beach or go on one of the many walks we took. He had his first time in salt water and couldn't understand why he couldn't drink it like he could the creek water. It was rather cute. At night, he'd lay on the table turned bed in my Scamp and sleep without stirring by my side.<br />
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Below are just some of the photos I took all week. I'm hoping to get back down there again before the season is over. But as I write this, we've had quite a few days of rain and looks like more to come. No wonder Alaskans treasure each sunny day. You never know when the weather will turn and that's the end of the perfect days...for now!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The campground at Deep Creek. Can you spot my Scamp?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first night we camped on the swamp side of the camp. It was full of eagles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit loved the Inlet. He keep looking at the little waves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit in the golden hour light.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Juvenile eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagle, bluff, fake lighthouse</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat walking Maggie--the sheepdog!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gulls were everywhere.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rays of light</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mt Redoubt from the campground</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect camping spot-My blazer and Scamp, Pat and Sarah's RV--oh and a couple volcanoes to gaze at.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mt Iliamna and Mt Redoubt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">bird, boat, volcano</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The air was warm and the water cold, but the kids didn't seem to mind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">reflecting</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lupine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never did find out what was burning near Ninilchik.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit was a happy boy walking the beach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat with Maggie, Melissa, Sarah with Lucky.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I never got tired of the view.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This juvenile eagle let me walk around him taking photos.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iliamna in background.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting closer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK---</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...that was close enough!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How they launch and retrieve the boats.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spirit was happy to nap in the shade after his walk.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat stares at Deep Creek at low tide, wondering where the fish could be.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Russian Church in Ninilchik</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of flowers through the cemetery.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old town Ninilchik. They had the most wonderful shop with all hand made items. Too pricey for me, but not bad for museum quality pieces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The church sits on a bluff with this view.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old town Ninilchik.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Straight out of Northern Exposure in Ninilchik!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at Deep Creek. At one point I counted 7 eagles sitting in this one dead tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iliamna sparkles!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redoubt sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ladies in the sunset glow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking back toward Ninilchik</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donna and Spirit acting like tourists!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gulls at the end of the Spit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fishing at Land's End. I'm told you can catch halibut from the shore.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Melissa and Spirit, Pat and Maggie, Sarah and Zoey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The resort. We had a fabulous lunch on the deck overlooking the bay.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halibut! The largest was 143 pounds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Leaving Homer we spotted an eagle's nest. We stopped and watched the eagle bring food for the babies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back at the campground-storms moving in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eagle soars</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More fingers of light.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looks like a good place to nest. Really??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Could be laying an egg!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nah--just seemed to like the roof of this RV.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looked me over pretty good---and then took off!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coming in for a landing on the beach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tasty snack.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What do you mean I have to share???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If that's the case, I'm leaving!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset--the set netters and processing ships could be seen in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'll never tire of this view. Sigh.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2Ninilchik, AK, USA60.051388900000013 -151.668888959.933723400000012 -151.96653590000003 60.169054400000014 -151.3712419tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-10433278930726313892011-06-30T21:43:00.001-08:002011-06-30T21:52:22.458-08:00Just Another Day at the Office<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Summer is one third over! YIKES!!!<br />
After watering all the flowers around outside the house and in the greenhouse, playing with the dogs and cleaning their yard, I head to work.<br />
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I work in a great place, part of the Alaska State Parks system...Willow Creek State Recreation Area.<br />
My "office" is the Willow Creek Campground. Most of the time I hang out in my booth collecting fees from the day parkers and campers. On King weekends, life gets really crazy as a couple hundred people arrive to participate in "combat fishing" for Kings.<br />
But on a day like today, it's the calm before the storm. The sun is playing hide and seek with the clouds. A refreshing breeze keeps the mosquitos at bay. The sound of the river is so soothing for frayed nerves.<br />
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I watered the newly planted willows and then walked the shoreline to pick up all the thrown out fishing line. (I just can't figure why people think it's Ok to drop nylon line on the ground. Do they<br />
not realize it's not going to disintegrate?? It's an eyesore and a threat to wildlife. Maybe we need to bring back the weeping Native commercial.) I spend the afternoon doing chores along the shoreline, listening to music and watching the show going on around me. The Kings are in!They are quite plentiful in the river now. I haven't seen so many stacked up in years. They spent the afternoon jumping and splashing and zooming around under water. Wow!<br />
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We seem to have an unusual visitor in the form of a sea lion. Not sure why he's up here, But I am sure he is feasting on fish!<br />
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Of course, if there are fish, there are also birds.<br />
Lots of sea gulls and quite a few eagles flew over.<br />
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And then there are the people on the river enjoying a float down Little Willow or Willow Creek to the campground. I've done this float and it is really peaceful and beautiful.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ah well, the peace won't last for long. The second King weekend starts tomorrow. I probably will not see the river for the next few days. The campground will be jammed packed. The day lot will fill long before the river is open again for fishing at 6 am saturday morning. And then, it's also 4th of July. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish you all a wonderful holiday! And in case you wonder if I get to catch a King--I went last week with my friends Pat and Sarah. We went with a guide on the Deshka River. I caught my first King!!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat--who caught the first fish, Sarah--who caught the biggest, and Me--with my first King-about 18 pounds!</td></tr>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-25291268608272183722011-03-01T10:57:00.001-09:002011-03-01T11:42:40.318-09:00The lights were dancing this morning!I've seen the Northern Lights <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)">Aurora Borealis</a> a few times since I moved to Alaska. Mostly they have been the green ones. One night I saw red and purple and ran inside to get my camera. Just that quickly they were gone. I awoke around 5 am today and looked out the window because I thought it was getting light outside. Even though the days are getting longer, it shouldn't be light at 5 am. And it wasn't. The lights were out. To the naked eye, they looked more white than green. But to the camera, they looked green. I have not touched up any of these photos. This is what was in the sky. I really needed a fish eye lens to get the whole sky. The lights went from horizon to horizon. I stayed out as long as I could considering I only had PJ's and a light jacket on. LOL. Once I went back in, I watched a bit longer from my bedroom and then they were gone. Click on any photo to get a larger version.<br />
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This latest movie was made for the Willow Jr 100. I sell it on my website: <a href="http://www.huskyproductions.net/">Husky Productions</a> .<br />
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But you don't have to buy the movies to enjoy the music videos. Just go to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/djqhusky">YOU TUBE</a> .<br />
You'll find them all there. The featured movie is from the Willow Jr. 100. Enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-59470081597092781522011-02-13T09:28:00.001-09:002011-02-13T09:30:43.492-09:00Rehoming sled dogsA very disturbing incident happened in British Columbia last year. 100 sled dogs were killed because the tour company using them wasn't making any money from them after the Olympics were over. I'm not going into details here as the whole thing is still under investigation. But, one newspaper reporter gave a load of nonsense about these dogs not being able to be rehomed. I am here to tell you that is total and utter stupidity. To make such a comment destines these dogs to certain death. Six of my seven dogs right now, are rehomed sled dogs. I've had one other, Sissy, who was a retired Iditarod finisher from Karen Ramstead's North Wapiti Kennel. Sis passed several years ago, and I still miss her.<br />
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Of the six I have now, 3 came from Karen and are pure bred Siberians. Two came from mushing kennels here in Alaska and one came from a tour operator at Chena Hot Springs resort outside Fairbanks. Chena was on her way to the pound because she was shy and not a good match for a tourist group. She turned out to be one heck of sled dog though. Spirit is the only one I've had since he was a puppy.<br />
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People cannot make gross exaggerations about sled dogs. All these dogs needed was to be given a chance to adapt. I love my dogs and cannot imagine life without them.<br />
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You can read more about rehomed sled dogs on Karen Ramstead's blog:<a href="http://northwapiti.blogspot.com/2011/02/sled-dogs-are-impossible-to-rehome.html">Rehomed Sled Dogs</a><br />
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A game of husky tag is their biggest joy. They are such athletes and so much fun to watch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even in the winter, they like to lay in the sun in the snow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I call them the "Magnificent Seven"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My recreational team-Maggie and Pearl in lead;<br />
Nahanni and Fritter in wheel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They love to cram into the car and go to the post office each day.</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>But, sometime in November I started receiving requests for videos. First from the Explorers group that works with the Willow Fire Dept. So I am working on that promotional piece for them. I'll be shooting for the Willow Jr 100 race again, but not making a movie like last year. That movie is finished and available on my eStore through Amazon. <a href="https://www.createspace.com/295844">Willow Jr 100 dvd</a><br />
<div>And then there is the new sled dog race the Willow Dog Mushers Association is helping organize, and the project for the Willow Winter carnival where I am taking old photos and making a slide show of them. The problem is my good computer is being worked on by Apple and making all these projects next to impossible.</div><div>When I get the computer back, I will start to work on the new movie for the Copper Basin 300 <a href="http://www.cb300.com/">CB300</a> sled dog race. I've been to the start of this race a couple times and it is notoriously cold; like -30 or -40 cold. I've never followed the whole race, but the race organizer convinced me it would be a good race to make a movie about and they really needed a movie. So, on Jan 7 I drove to Glennallen for the musher meeting and next morning headed to Paxson Lodge for the start. The CB 300 is one of the few races you can drive to most of the checkpoints. I lucked out with weather not too cold; only -20 or warmer and no wind. Beautiful sunrises and sunsets made for beautiful video. Unfortunately, short daylight hours left little time for movie making, but at least at Chistochina there were spot lights. I chose one musher to follow through the race to get a good feel for what it's like to run your dog team 300 miles. It doesn't end the way I thought, but the story is good nonetheless. I'll let you know when the movie is ready.</div><div>Meanwhile, coming up up is the Willow Winter Carnival and a woman's five mile race which we will probably enter, the Willow Dog Musher's Willow-Tug 300 race<a href="http://www.willowtug300.com/">Willow-Tug300</a> , then Fur Rondy <a href="http://www.furrondy.net/">Fur Rondy</a> and then Iditarod <a href="http://www.iditarod.com/">Iditarod</a>.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div>Here are some still photos that may or may not be used in the Copper Basin movie.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Musher meeting at the high school in Glennallen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 80%; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Sunrise over the Richardson Highway on the way to Paxson Lodge and the race start.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hoarfrost covers the trees at Tolsona Checkpoint. A bit chilly there.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teams rest on the lake during the relative warmth of the day.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of Lance Mackey's dogs couldn't sleep when they <br />
saw Lance fixing dinner.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aliy Zirkle's cute fur kids.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike Ellis' beautiful Siberians.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frosty dog yawns</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 80%; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;">Here's why the dogs were frosty!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even though the team just arrived, one dog is still ready to run.<br />
See all four feet off the ground!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team arrives--Dan Kaduce</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some teams ran through Tolsona and would rest at<br />
Wolverine. One team races across the lake.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The gold pan trophies for 1-3 places and the red lantern for <br />
the last team across the finish line. Made by Judy Carrick of<br />
Toad Hollow Gifts. Nice!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My desk at Mt. McKinley Princess Lodge</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I realized it has been a while since I wrote anything when I checked a message left on one of my posts. I guess things got a little busy. I finished working at the Princess Lodge in mid September. Kind of bitter sweet, but I sure had a nice second half of summer there. I hope to go back next summer, or work for the State Parks in some capacity. I believe in the Park system and what they can provide to us on so many levels. It's also the kind of job you can make what you want out of it. You work with very little supervision and are just expected to get the job done. That appeals to me. I met a lot of really nice people this summer.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">While not a huge fan of animal hides, I did come to like this coyote.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Soon after finishing work, I went into Anchorage with my friends Mary and GG. We went to see Bill Cosby in concert. Before the show we went to the stage door to see if we could visit with Bill after the show. Well, to our surprise they allowed us in before the show. I worked on The Cosby Show as a camera operator for 5 years back in the 80's-90's. One never knows if actors will remember you, but Bill did. He wanted to know why I moved to Alaska. I said it was the dogs. He laughed and said, "oh yeah, you have those sled dogs." For those who don't know, Bill had show dogs too. Lakeland terriers I believe. Anyway, we spent about 15 minutes with him. It was great fun. After we left, we were escorted through back stage right out to the lobby. The general manager came up and asked to see our tickets, which were good seats. But he took them and got us better seats! Wow, that was nice and totally unexpected. What a fun night!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friends GG, Mary and myself with Bill Cosby. Bill held my hand the whole time we were visiting.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>When the State Parks job ended I was able to focus on tasks at home before winter arrived. If you read THE GREAT HOT TUB CAPER previously on this blog, then you know I was moving downstairs into the old hot tub room. While Keith; my border and dog handler; went to visit friends and family, I rearranged, cleaned, threw away stuff and generally straightened out my house. My handy man came and took out a wall between the bath and laundry room and put in another window. What a nice room that is now. The bedroom turned out well too. My bed and four dog crates. LOL---the dogs love it. The view out the bedroom window is pretty nice. I can see stars, shooting stars and the moon and sunrise each morning.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view out my bedroom window.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I finished editing another movie-the 2010 Willow Jr 100 Race. It turned out very nicely. Kyf Brewer (<a href="http://www,kyf.com">Kyf</a>) wrote another fabulous song for it entitled, "MUSH!" It's hard rocking mushing music. The movie will be available very soon via my website: <a href="http://www.huskyproductions.net/">Husky Productions</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to my friend, Dr. Marian Siegel, for the cover photograph.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>The dogs got a little bored waiting for snow. They all lined up on the deck one day when I was scooping poop. Here's the photo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maggie, Chena, Rosie, Pearl, Jack, Nahanni, Fritter, Spirit</td></tr>
</tbody></table>By the end of October, snow had arrived. By the second week of November, I finally got the girls, Maggie, Pearl, Nahanni and Fritter off the gig and onto the sled. We could still use a bit more snow, but we'll take what we can get. We're having fun out there!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First snow---photo taken about 3 am</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Husky foot print in the snow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maggie, Pearl-lead; Nahanni, Fritter-wheel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My friend Claudia took these two shots from the back of her sled. She actually turned around and rode backwards!<br />
LOL---she's good!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I did get to take an overnight vacation to Fairbanks to attend an auction for Lance Mackey. It was a fun time with lots of items up for bid. Thanks to my friend Carol for the room. We'll be taking a flight around Denali next summer which I won at the auction. Hoping for a glacier landing this time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lance holds one of the many items available at his auction.<br />
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</tbody></table>The drive home after the auction was another photo opportunity for me. What else could it be?? Here are some of the sights.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view over the Tanana Valley</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow on the hillside through the pass at Denali</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit windy that day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Nenana River is freezing up.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blowing snow, like a wave coming over the ridges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Nevermore!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ravens in Broad Pass</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The igloo, familiar landmark, is for sale</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the igloo<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My neighbor got a new puppy. Who doesn't love puppy breath???! She still hasn't named him, but that doesn't affect the cuteness factor. Even big brother Remmie seems impressed. HA</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OH, what to name this cute guy?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remmie</td></tr>
</tbody></table>I visited my friend Pat for lunch one day. Pat is a great example of waiting to get what you want. She moved from Texas a year ago. She wanted a log home, but couldn't find exactly what she wanted where she wanted. She did persevere and look what she found--a great house with an amazing view.<div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat's views over the Palmer Hay Flats---NICE!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div>And so next week is Thanksgiving. I am thankful the elections are over. :) I am thankful my Mom has moved in with my sister and her husband. I am thankful that life is generally quiet and nice right now. I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Christmas cactus always blooms in November</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The view from the bridge on Shirley Town Road in Willow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunrise from my bedroom.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denali after sunset from the Veteran's Memorial.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Denali the next morning at sunrise, clouded over.</td></tr>
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Some have asked me about my little Scamp travel trailer. It has proven to be perfect for my needs while I work at the Princess Lodge. Here is a photo of it. To the right is the view from the Scamp down to Byers Lake at sunrise. There is a nice five mile hike around the lake. It's a really nice place to camp. The ridge above is called K'esugi Ridge and there is trail access from Byers Lake. Everything in this post is part of Denali State Park.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sunsets are a major event here, especially when they look like this!</span></td></tr>
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</div><div>From here each morning I drive 14 miles south to the Mt McKinley Princess Lodge. A lovely complex with visitors from all over the world.</div><div><br />
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The past three summers I have worked for Alaska State Parks at the Willow Creek Campground. I was the fee attendant. This summer, the parks did not get funding for my job. I volunteered anyway for a couple friday nights during King season just to be sure the Parks got their parking fees paid. Then they closed the river to fishing for Kings because not enough were making it upstream to spawn.<br />
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A week or so after that happened, the head Ranger in my area asked if I was interested in working at the visitor information desk at the Mt McKinley Lodge which is in Denali State Park. He asked me this at the beginning of the season and I declined as I working for the census. I also wasn't sure I wanted to be around that many tourists. But, I drove up one day to have a look at the place and found it delightful. So I took the job.<br />
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</tbody></table>It has actually been more fun than I expected. Tourists from all over the world visiting Alaska and having a great time. I smile every time one of them excitedly tells me how they went to Susan Butcher's kennel, or they met Libby Riddles or Lance Mackey, or Aily Zirkle got on the train with them. They are having such good times, despite the rainy summer.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">While working here I've been living in my Scamp at the Veterans War Memorial 14 miles up the road next to Byers Lake. One morning I got up to go to work and the Mountain was out!</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">One of the great parts of my job is that I get to give a mushing demonstration every evening. I make it known that I am a recreational musher, but I know enough about the races to answer just about any question that comes up. I also get to teach my way of thinking about the sport and how misinformed are the animal rights people. The best part is I get to bring one of my Siberian Huskies. I've brought Rosie and Spirit. Both have been overwhelmed by the number of people who want to pet them and take their picture. Rosie liked it for a while, but by the second day made it known she wasn't happy. She stays home now. Spirit is having a pretty good time of it. He talks a lot and people like that. I make sure he gets some down time behind the desk with me or out in the car. This is a great job!</span></td></tr>
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So, first I tried to sell it. No takers, even with a really low price. Then I tried giving it away. Everybody wanted it, but when they'd come look at it, knew it would be too hard to move. It does weigh over 800 pounds. Finally, the fourth person I asked said yes and we can do it with no problem.<br />
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On moving day, my handyman and his assistant took out the big window. Then the family went to work. They built the crib up outside, moved the tub halfway thru the window, moved the blocks from the inside out and pushed the tub the rest of the way through. Then they lowered it on the trailer. Really, it was amazing and done so quickly! As they drove away, the handymen replaced the window. Now to clean the floor and move in my furniture. This is going to be my bedroom. Can't wait to watch the northern lights this winter.<br />
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When the sun shines in Alaska in the summer it is as close to heaven as I can imagine. The breeze is cool, the air is clean and life is perfect! The first shot is the view from the back dog lot. The fireweed is blooming, the greenhouse tomatoes are very happy, and swallowtail butterflies are everywhere!<br />
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</div><div>Love the sky reflections.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7365638952000780958.post-73066115055926658582010-07-03T17:30:00.000-08:002010-07-03T17:30:31.820-08:00It's July already!Summer solstice came and went and suddenly, it's July. Tomorrow will be the 4th of July celebration in Willow. We have a parade, which I'll walk in with the Willow Dog Mushers Association---always a lot of fun. Then there is the community picnic behind the community center. Seems like everyone is in town for these two events. WDMA also holds a pet costume contest. It's a hoot. We've yet to have a dog win the grand prize, but have had an alpaca and a duck!<br />
I have finished work with the census. My contract was up and the next phase involved going back to homes that refused to respond. Honestly, I didn't want to do that. Not sure why people have this grudge against the census considering it is mandated in our constitution to have it. I guess some people just don't like the gov't. for anything. To them I would have to say, fine--then don't use the roads, or the schools or medicare or social security or collect unemployment and here in Alaska---give up your PFD. My last day of work I had two unpleasant encounters with people. I tried really hard not to be intrusive and respect that I was on private property. One man said the last guy to come by was rude, so he wouldn't answer. Then one lady, in the same area, refused because the last guy was a jerk to her. Both were talking about the same guy. Well, I'm not that guy, but OK. Now, someone else will have to deal with them and it won't be fun. The good part for me was learning some of the back roads in my community. Meeting some really nice people and seeing some wildlife. I wonder if I'll do it again in 10 years.<br />
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From the road leaving my subdivision, looking north to the Alaska range. It's about 11:30 pm.<br />
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From the view spot in Willow along the Parks Highway, across from the hardware store. A few drops of rain were falling now.<br />
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Melting Nancy Lake in May to the right. What a nice day that was. Tundra Swans looking for a place to land below.<br />
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There was one moose I kept running into also. I'm pretty sure it's the same one as it was the same area every time. Young and a bit nervous---that's a good thing.<br />
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</div><div>The good news is I got my permanent Alaska fishing license. Given to those over 60, I can now fish---or hunt (not me!)--and not pay any fees. IS this a great place or what? I hope to float Willow Creek before it closes and reopens for combat fishing. Seems the Kings are IN! Silvers later in the summer. I hope to get my Scamp on the road and head to Homer too. I haven't been there since 1982. Ah yes, I love summer. After tomorrow, the days will begin to shorten. Gotta pack in as much as possible before the end of the season.</div><div><br />
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Pearl, Fritter and Maggie in a free for all. And then the races begin!<br />
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</span></span>A few weeks ago, my friend Karen asked if I wanted to bring her second sled and drop bags back to her from Iditarod. Understand, Karen lives in Alberta, Canada and I live in Willow, Alaska. She had to get home before the Iditarod folks could get her stuff back from the trail. So I thought for a while--maybe two seconds---and said, YES! Road trip!! To sweeten the deal, I would return with two dogs from her kennels to add to my small team. So, on April 12, I became Alberta Bound. Check this video of the song:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhkcjxLCm8Y">Alberta Bound by Paul Brandt</a>---it's one of Karen's favorites!<br />
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<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1z3qztpSIppxtStAVFD5qkyF7vEgVG82vTGZiIxMpRJQNqcd8uhqr6BQrV8YfF_v5Za63segc0sBXqHrpGFpe27DjQfonBHdVf2C6U-i1YndNNpJ1OS6wdqJ1Qyr35IjA2LPGYXxm4vmp/s320/IMG_0951.jpg" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;">The scenery on the way to Tok is just lovely and I just drove and looked. I took only a few pictures the first day. I stayed at the Burnt Paw and Cabins Outback that night. Bill and Nanci Arpino are wonderful Alaskans. Bill ran the the first Iditarod in 1973. Their cabins are first rate. <a href="http://www.burntpawcabins.com/">http://www.burntpawcabins.com/</a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning I awoke to several inches of snow. Oh boy, guess it will be a slow travel day. After a good breakfast from Nanci I was on the road again. Twenty miles out the snow stopped and the sun came out. A gorgeous day. My first wildlife viewing was a small group of caribou crossing the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I stopped and waited while they decided whether to cross the road.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetM-A78qdBEe_ICwbt9TwV67Z1qITLq-Cd3WHLK87DFMJA17SqBw-Sh-Vq7acwMReFnzltajFAfSjEbxH5WusZ5Y9blC-wjp_WDzYtZigutgcqW6DY-uy_AMPTB9haYxDfjzwnjV6XSNb/s1600/IMG_0955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetM-A78qdBEe_ICwbt9TwV67Z1qITLq-Cd3WHLK87DFMJA17SqBw-Sh-Vq7acwMReFnzltajFAfSjEbxH5WusZ5Y9blC-wjp_WDzYtZigutgcqW6DY-uy_AMPTB9haYxDfjzwnjV6XSNb/s320/IMG_0955.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My next stop would be the international boundary 90 miles from Tok. You drive right through American customs. They don't care if you leave the USA. It's another 20 miles to the Canadian customs stop, but meanwhile there is the boundary line. I found it kind of funny--an obelisk with the names of Canada and the United States on each side and straight out from it a line of cut trees. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxI8h1df6GGoOzZxnHAchvVODRwhjO_Zcg9t34vUzR_tWCPLQymN3AlpdxsFxwS_saB7pif0fbdhyiQmAs5L5b_u9cZP1R1Ir7NFzlVTLk6S2_yrrlrWqH0df_Hhvx7UTXUBGCdi2HhiZ/s1600/IMG_0966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxI8h1df6GGoOzZxnHAchvVODRwhjO_Zcg9t34vUzR_tWCPLQymN3AlpdxsFxwS_saB7pif0fbdhyiQmAs5L5b_u9cZP1R1Ir7NFzlVTLk6S2_yrrlrWqH0df_Hhvx7UTXUBGCdi2HhiZ/s320/IMG_0966.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It reminded me of the lines we see on the maps in geography books. Only this one was real. And it went as far as you could see. There was a bench with the words Alaska/Yukon on it, appropriate flags and signs for each side and the inevitable plaque marking the site. A nice place to stop for a few minutes to stretch. The funny thing was the road. As soon as it hit Alaska, it became dirt.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMF3dFFsomZuDY_jNA_s-UWfEKyMqX1lkd2VVgDMs2IpgMUCbV_LyOQCfAb3IbZXUsBZFG0u8K7oiEygaxvoH5tQWZIX0h-zmTO62O4JQAej3kBU1SIJIR0wV6K8kqhGTAZB-EVUk2eJSw/s1600/IMG_0963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMF3dFFsomZuDY_jNA_s-UWfEKyMqX1lkd2VVgDMs2IpgMUCbV_LyOQCfAb3IbZXUsBZFG0u8K7oiEygaxvoH5tQWZIX0h-zmTO62O4JQAej3kBU1SIJIR0wV6K8kqhGTAZB-EVUk2eJSw/s320/IMG_0963.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qb3K-iyD1paMZIyLJ-7gWTDKkJcPzylIi9pxRw8UvzHA_fWkdkPIZ6ybwTsoo1WtAgGJ6KFqFZf-Ji_4kzLEdbFyEAGmv_OPN96uG-A4PXQgVjPZcKc8sUWuxVW0bCcfHAX7Naa2em9_/s1600/IMG_0962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qb3K-iyD1paMZIyLJ-7gWTDKkJcPzylIi9pxRw8UvzHA_fWkdkPIZ6ybwTsoo1WtAgGJ6KFqFZf-Ji_4kzLEdbFyEAGmv_OPN96uG-A4PXQgVjPZcKc8sUWuxVW0bCcfHAX7Naa2em9_/s320/IMG_0962.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30rzF_mni075Vptnv3YKhzObPLZCn_4bfZlh1YMY1wnw0YpZMEFRhawrXZaQU8kX4KLl5KWjSEKk0HiRI0iHGunhJ44Ep9LYD5X-qFZjWnhji4k773QSRF3SSzFqnQ7cEhj2uZs9RWD_k/s1600/IMG_0961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30rzF_mni075Vptnv3YKhzObPLZCn_4bfZlh1YMY1wnw0YpZMEFRhawrXZaQU8kX4KLl5KWjSEKk0HiRI0iHGunhJ44Ep9LYD5X-qFZjWnhji4k773QSRF3SSzFqnQ7cEhj2uZs9RWD_k/s320/IMG_0961.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see Karen's GATT sled just under the sign. Went I got to Canada the customs agent wanted to be sure I hadn't bought it in Alaska and was bringing it to sell in Canada. I wanted to say, "Are you kidding??? It's a GATT sled. Hans lives in Canada!" But I didn't. Some things you should only think. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next part of the drive is around Destruction Bay in the Yukon. Very windy and very beautiful.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-0IottmmmKr3KSRk2wGkteObTKl7KJyYxlKR5PpPI2ZF72r6dsaPnKPSO7ELdE-UrD8aety3XKcnnxFYJV4AYUmEucdtwbR36psmjLqcTSxjDR4En0ukEuQxEii4iTR_BAOz51ZtucEI/s1600/IMG_0970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0-0IottmmmKr3KSRk2wGkteObTKl7KJyYxlKR5PpPI2ZF72r6dsaPnKPSO7ELdE-UrD8aety3XKcnnxFYJV4AYUmEucdtwbR36psmjLqcTSxjDR4En0ukEuQxEii4iTR_BAOz51ZtucEI/s320/IMG_0970.jpg" /></a>The road here is full of frost heaves so driving is not quite so fast unless you want the road to be your chiropractor. Only one place open between Beaver Creek and Haines Junction as I recall, and that was the gas and restaurant at Destruction Bay.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That night I stayed in Whitehorse at a new hotel by the airport: Skye. Pretty fancy! Then it was down the Alaska Hwy to Ft. Nelson. This would be the tough day of driving: at least 12 hours. But, it's also the area with all the wildlife and a drive through the northern range of the Rocky Mountains. No matter how much I love the mountains in Alaska, my heart belongs to the Rockies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When the road signs say an animal in the next number of km, you better take heed. First up: buffalo!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgBnKm5saU8mf40w0h6t50XUK5ZkBjKCPiSmYqmcP4rIj6dFL0yyax99nfmSQ1iiGnbVontjFUxKdZ8vJUv_jmcy7naqg3H-d-1z7Inz7ZgWfmEP-CsHa4MYxPtvKGDV_q82wEDiuAHcF/s1600/IMG_0971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgBnKm5saU8mf40w0h6t50XUK5ZkBjKCPiSmYqmcP4rIj6dFL0yyax99nfmSQ1iiGnbVontjFUxKdZ8vJUv_jmcy7naqg3H-d-1z7Inz7ZgWfmEP-CsHa4MYxPtvKGDV_q82wEDiuAHcF/s320/IMG_0971.jpg" /></a>There were small groups of them everywhere. I would see them for the next hour or so. And when I came around a bend here is what I saw: Elk!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4COUpgjj2iXvo5QqXYN1KD4j1-utZRkq42XLOjX4SYqazvWsClGMF30oZ3OOQzmLOg7-DtBXigDvZAFrjwivkFoNjamOIvLJwfkH-DJQw_qR-LtlvW1gaN5UDF2LTVw660_NE3W24v4Hm/s1600/IMG_0982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4COUpgjj2iXvo5QqXYN1KD4j1-utZRkq42XLOjX4SYqazvWsClGMF30oZ3OOQzmLOg7-DtBXigDvZAFrjwivkFoNjamOIvLJwfkH-DJQw_qR-LtlvW1gaN5UDF2LTVw660_NE3W24v4Hm/s320/IMG_0982.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhalLl2D8ghzfPiOh8IQxnEMT_WTjvQTVM3YQPdWzu3wEOj7bC0lHBubC0AjTzxey0UDo2jYdQEKHrUSjhq0Fo92kbKzU4WBZPHow82vwNyIYqRjDyp0j1f9t1Q-KzMfvhHmUySz3kYoaI2/s320/IMG_0985.jpg" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">They were large and moved away quickly.Then looked back as if to let me know I had disturbed them. They are so pretty. Between the buffalo and the elk, was Muncho Lake. A very windy road, with some beautiful vistas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDvAg7QgManlftB8S-DU0v9UYv28X1XUvn4Zqfp53hgW4T8414pDfIMkYYBb4ZVdijyxqjytyaU_zk7bMVLrlicmIFyrKLaMHD8hFvH_kQJZ6COcaoBj-2YhB1Q-w48ID5fq0RnGy4u-3/s1600/IMG_0980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDvAg7QgManlftB8S-DU0v9UYv28X1XUvn4Zqfp53hgW4T8414pDfIMkYYBb4ZVdijyxqjytyaU_zk7bMVLrlicmIFyrKLaMHD8hFvH_kQJZ6COcaoBj-2YhB1Q-w48ID5fq0RnGy4u-3/s320/IMG_0980.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">By the time I got to Ft Nelson it was dark. I found a Ramada to stay in and I highly recommend them, especially if you travel with dogs. The pet rooms have tile floors with radiant heat. The breakfast available in the morning is not your typical fare, but not complicated either. Good stuff to get you on your way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This day would be a short drive to Dawson Creek and the end of the Alaska Highway---or the beginning if you're headed North. I was able to meet up with an internet friend from Karen's group. Gail, her husband Roy, son Kyle and the two Siberians, Ice and Ayla, made me feel very much at home. What a great way to relax and make new friends. Thanks so much Gail!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHceY80ae1FVKLVcRdQsPYSItuto31CQet2Uvx271kXpBL1u3Y1jEiLGlLqG2a0ey2a8A9gwsNYIev5w0-c4MCWUkWURp_VHpHaa27Cha0Xi23-oe7_APtkjbJ7BOZ43XnpKZIwnKsbSpD/s320/IMG_1028.jpg" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Ayla</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwi_o0dzNf5YZieE2Qskg2eDVS1_6eRR9kSjl52NzoVecaKdpaINSN3eB5OyqR3WbBYQmC0hK28P3j01Bc7P9qHHMwBT2kSnIdvsh3z4A2DkEDpGxq8Ok0WSUDwjZQ49gXpxW9uwvZ-RY/s1600/IMG_0995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwi_o0dzNf5YZieE2Qskg2eDVS1_6eRR9kSjl52NzoVecaKdpaINSN3eB5OyqR3WbBYQmC0hK28P3j01Bc7P9qHHMwBT2kSnIdvsh3z4A2DkEDpGxq8Ok0WSUDwjZQ49gXpxW9uwvZ-RY/s320/IMG_0995.jpg" /></a>Ice<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day I was bound for Alberta for sure. Across the range, it was dry, dusty and warm for April. But it was a pleasure to make the Ramstead home and be greeted by so many howling Siberians---and Cricket and Bet and Kara and Bait....and of course Karen and Mark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Then it was time to feed the dogs. Boy, that is a fast paced time. Karen fills the bowls and we take them to different sections. I got the pens. Then we go back around and pick up all the bowls before they get batted around like hockey pucks....or worse, peed in, which happened anyway. DOGS! Then, it's poop patrol and quiet reigns again.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nahanni (top) and Fritter in their pen to give them time to get used to each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to play with all the dogs during poop patrol, then I go back and visit my favorites.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DJFewYKKOZKRDV52Cj89aNrHOcJlkjuAFuhWzBsFjhkYmGNyf9OduCWPa8upTSxwU7F6S1ivt4Eum163-EB1s_QIbE_Gtm98cV1aQ_tu4D-JIuohOFzOdktoLLcdvhAr2M_rqYRcm5bz/s1600/IMG_1043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DJFewYKKOZKRDV52Cj89aNrHOcJlkjuAFuhWzBsFjhkYmGNyf9OduCWPa8upTSxwU7F6S1ivt4Eum163-EB1s_QIbE_Gtm98cV1aQ_tu4D-JIuohOFzOdktoLLcdvhAr2M_rqYRcm5bz/s1600/IMG_1043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DJFewYKKOZKRDV52Cj89aNrHOcJlkjuAFuhWzBsFjhkYmGNyf9OduCWPa8upTSxwU7F6S1ivt4Eum163-EB1s_QIbE_Gtm98cV1aQ_tu4D-JIuohOFzOdktoLLcdvhAr2M_rqYRcm5bz/s320/IMG_1043.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">Crunchie</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvt8g1nMK3vDKi-pbHTsZgErSrGfkA5vchgWJbg7CZ1SobFH182Fy7jykgdaUlWtLndFoDPazRtDIHy1BKKNh-8qX4C4ocx3TE6BUcBeJAxjO85j_rsDFMUPpI1DnmPd7YARG7up2LetAz/s1600/IMG_1044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvt8g1nMK3vDKi-pbHTsZgErSrGfkA5vchgWJbg7CZ1SobFH182Fy7jykgdaUlWtLndFoDPazRtDIHy1BKKNh-8qX4C4ocx3TE6BUcBeJAxjO85j_rsDFMUPpI1DnmPd7YARG7up2LetAz/s320/IMG_1044.jpg" /></a>Mo<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day proved to be hot and dry again. Karen and I unloaded my Blazer of the sled and all the stuff I brought for her. We spent some time organizing things and getting things ready for an auction I would do for Karen. I spent a little time with my new kids and also visited X who was recuperating from a training injury. He's doing great.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3VVaUbchcrRh85MH4nSf0cDQfmnhwzgQldSzlhAtr5zk0wmvmOcE-bCOBB9YhsTXC4mx1LksmtUrD332fZVQZz0RFGDu8bWn-U231nwjnnp6sIIbQ9fLfU27XuUjSVGiibjCgH1t47-Q/s1600/IMG_1050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC3VVaUbchcrRh85MH4nSf0cDQfmnhwzgQldSzlhAtr5zk0wmvmOcE-bCOBB9YhsTXC4mx1LksmtUrD332fZVQZz0RFGDu8bWn-U231nwjnnp6sIIbQ9fLfU27XuUjSVGiibjCgH1t47-Q/s320/IMG_1050.jpg" /></a> X</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also took a look at the Inukshuk Karen's handler left for her. Very nicely done, Richard! It is a great trail marker that Karen will see every time she takes a team out. 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I've seen them in various places, but mostly in Canada. The winter Olympics this year used one as their mascot.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We ended the day by meeting Mark in Athabasca for dinner. Then Karen took me on a tour around the small town by the river. We discussed how someone with vision could develop this riverside into a gathering place for all kinds of good stuff. She said that she and Mark have taken teams out on the frozen river---which causes quite a stir with the locals. I really liked the town. 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Speaking Of Muncho Lake, I found a good place to stop and walk the dogs along the still frozen lake. Fritter had a nice roll in the snow.Then I had a nice nap in my car by the lake.<br />
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Fritter was warm and loved to roll in whatever snow I could find for her. Nahanni on the other hand thought that was childish. :)<br />
Next two stone sheep would cross right in front of us. Good thing we were going slowly on the very windy road.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5k5sxFVUcNDBCfe46bpLzGtiX9EweG5VXhMlVVBG8fhk0R0pT6p38pixo90wnb2XrHHoJE_XY9BFpY5gLPc0U8aNSqdqsOXbRexkybaNpQQ_o1lM65i-_IUoV0JFZR4qNp1KQi_Hdt2vX/s1600/IMG_0894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5k5sxFVUcNDBCfe46bpLzGtiX9EweG5VXhMlVVBG8fhk0R0pT6p38pixo90wnb2XrHHoJE_XY9BFpY5gLPc0U8aNSqdqsOXbRexkybaNpQQ_o1lM65i-_IUoV0JFZR4qNp1KQi_Hdt2vX/s320/IMG_0894.jpg" /></a></div>For me the crazy month actually began in February when Blake Freking and his handler, Phil Morrison and Blake's sponsor Forrest Sheppard showed up at my house with a large trailer full of the Siberian Huskies of Manitou Crossing Kennels. (above) The trailer is so large it barely fits in the area we cleaned for it. The truck did not fit. These dogs travel in comfort! Visit their website:<a href="http://173.201.26.204:9080/manitoucrossing/ManitouCrossing.html#view=WELCOME">Manitou Crossing Kennel</a><br />
Forrest would stay with us a few days before heading to Anchorage to meet his wife. At the Iditarod start, Forrest would drive Blake's tag sled.<br />
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The boys set out to care for the dogs and to run them every day for the next couple days. You can see those photos under Freking Siberians--Iditarod bound. The best surprise was that one of Blake's females, Takhini, gave birth to one puppy as they drove up the Alaska highway. Naturally, the puppy is named, Alcan. :) We would watch him grow over the next month. Unfortunately for me, Momma didn't like me, so I could only visit the pup when Phil brought him out from the kennel in my garage.<br />
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Takhini checks to make sure Blake is handling her baby properly. Alcan is only about a week old in this photo.<br />
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On Tuesday before the start of Iditarod, my friend Marlene Daniels from Montana arrived. My house was now full of new and old friends and our whirlwind week began.<br />
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Marlene holds Alcan on one of his visits to the house for socialization and granny hugs.<br />
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On Wednesday, Blake and Phil load all the dogs and head to Wasilla and Iditarod HQ for the final vet check. Marlene and I arrive later. This is the last exam for all the dogs qualified to run this race. After today, mushers will have decisions to make as to which dogs to take down the trail and which to leave behind. It's not always an easy choice. But what fun to walk around the lot and see which mushers and their dogs are there.<br />
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Fan favorite and three in a row Iditarod champion Lance Mackey has a talk with his Father, Dick Mackey. Dick is also an Iditarod champion.<br />
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Newton Marshall poses with Lance's famous lead dog, Larry (below). Newton trained with Lance this season and Larry will help take him to Nome.<br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The invitation said come meet Blake Freking and his team of Siberians. We must have had about 60 people over the course of four hours. Great fun, great food, great people---great dogs!!! We got to meet Blake's Idita-rider. A fun lady from Texas who's husband is a rodeo rider. I'm telling you, you can't make this stuff up. What a hoot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When Blake's party we over, we high tailed it over to Karen Ramstead's open house at Doug Grilliot's place. Just had to say hello and visit the Pretty Sled Dogs. I don't know who has prettier Siberians---Karen or Blake---but I sure liked them all! Below are some of the Siberians of North Wapiti Kennels. <a href="http://www.northwapiti.com/">Karen's website</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Saturday morning rolled around early. We had to leave at 6 am for the drive to Anchorage. Marlene, Keith and I would pick Mary up in Wasilla. Blake and Phil and all the dogs left before we did. Much to everyone's dismay, it was snowing. The roads weren't too bad, but the added stress wasn't needed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First order of the day in Anchorage, find Sven Haltmann. Keith was to be his tag sled driver. We found the crew and left Keith there. We'd pick him at Campbell Field later in the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBUlUK0JGoGw4dhkqkKJqh2l5YWtYxQMLAqtnO0YZ9IDPO3PaY7-H-lyIr5X9jxSgkpEOUxFhQuCNKHhk2UNuaokmNlgUwzdx7iisPMKVTLtFi5eDaeU5Nq35T6MKGg1hku0tSG6OglfW/s1600/IMG_0126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuBUlUK0JGoGw4dhkqkKJqh2l5YWtYxQMLAqtnO0YZ9IDPO3PaY7-H-lyIr5X9jxSgkpEOUxFhQuCNKHhk2UNuaokmNlgUwzdx7iisPMKVTLtFi5eDaeU5Nq35T6MKGg1hku0tSG6OglfW/s320/IMG_0126.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jamie, Mary, Sven, Marlene, Keith and ?-sorry!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One can stroll among the dog trucks behind the start line if you have a media pass. I am always collecting photos and video, stock piling it for future ventures. We went to look for Lance and as usual he was surrounded by fans and media. I wished him luck, bought his new book and had him sign it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1t5l7yJ3qwJoUJvkrwzA_XwK-MWsTR4n8h76B2GHpg6gWrlazN-6FQ19Gz784aQNdheA7rMeYvGf8b3dNnKFKM25RDylaSzJt2DKik-izEclkJaoZDFDeR4uH3qlQQVJ1Au8NdZfME_Q/s1600/IMG_0130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw1t5l7yJ3qwJoUJvkrwzA_XwK-MWsTR4n8h76B2GHpg6gWrlazN-6FQ19Gz784aQNdheA7rMeYvGf8b3dNnKFKM25RDylaSzJt2DKik-izEclkJaoZDFDeR4uH3qlQQVJ1Au8NdZfME_Q/s320/IMG_0130.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim84iks9db3Vl0O-jF4fpSt9L6bUT8FPt5gfBxQJjtnL-tLgcljkxJeofHtDuqqst01o3w7rt30Ardtw3s5VVusu_MAWJD-7_UllstTLoVqIsbiCJXtxoXmvxN3muQ-DqfX4EoUFleM-5/s1600/IMG_0135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim84iks9db3Vl0O-jF4fpSt9L6bUT8FPt5gfBxQJjtnL-tLgcljkxJeofHtDuqqst01o3w7rt30Ardtw3s5VVusu_MAWJD-7_UllstTLoVqIsbiCJXtxoXmvxN3muQ-DqfX4EoUFleM-5/s320/IMG_0135.jpg" /></a>Lance above seems to always be smiling before the race. One of his dogs---Dred or Rev maybe, keeps an eye on Lance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of the people we saw as we made our way to see Karen Ramstead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Peg Stout-Dee Dee's Mom---she gets our best wishes. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHADN2_KE4MDjqMxxxfHzHNqxfQG47MXnhScKR8rMvqFhJaYgZTEckY8IehuWLn9YSHbOi2a0AZLjJpa9eiVgG1NIPypSw6wIma0Oqxi-yzG15jngciINblhDZberVl5LJ8ifHWWwhShVI/s1600/IMG_0123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHADN2_KE4MDjqMxxxfHzHNqxfQG47MXnhScKR8rMvqFhJaYgZTEckY8IehuWLn9YSHbOi2a0AZLjJpa9eiVgG1NIPypSw6wIma0Oqxi-yzG15jngciINblhDZberVl5LJ8ifHWWwhShVI/s320/IMG_0123.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jim Lanier dropping his team of white dogs. Always a favorite.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbrp23Z1pQeEVQiCLyyG4BWaONpCw1W5-DYI1oJPdokUE9dyHKhq5V-updT6LW_eM951FPohYYssUkzyDenhZkEebnuN97ELuVBMToHueafHfjb6YEcTFYx00WTmJoO85ekMUywxBFzL7/s1600/IMG_0128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbrp23Z1pQeEVQiCLyyG4BWaONpCw1W5-DYI1oJPdokUE9dyHKhq5V-updT6LW_eM951FPohYYssUkzyDenhZkEebnuN97ELuVBMToHueafHfjb6YEcTFYx00WTmJoO85ekMUywxBFzL7/s320/IMG_0128.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Martin Buser talks with the media.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSYP81hAihwBMvcgH2ZN7l8Tu5UCUsuQV0CuP5nFgoY6XIuZF-ZNprKk107gf7IRXyN5q69Lp7-Cizbtq9WzVXepuCYOfBCsxD_GJmWdMk6JkJndl5MKWqW1babsqnRmjz73MQeDr4kbP/s1600/IMG_0129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSYP81hAihwBMvcgH2ZN7l8Tu5UCUsuQV0CuP5nFgoY6XIuZF-ZNprKk107gf7IRXyN5q69Lp7-Cizbtq9WzVXepuCYOfBCsxD_GJmWdMk6JkJndl5MKWqW1babsqnRmjz73MQeDr4kbP/s320/IMG_0129.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally we get to Karen and the Pretty Sled Dogs.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkblvlP5hpp5eXk9ScPdF2TGUCXrek20-0c6cycGT3cQ8T6_aTdm7f_dpMtYjonU0aeY4ZpFl4eMJvL_UeKJ-POICo1M7wW3qcrRA8eT3znrWrTR71nCz_7WUiLreWjwumbGu5Job0q8TS/s1600/IMG_0149.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkblvlP5hpp5eXk9ScPdF2TGUCXrek20-0c6cycGT3cQ8T6_aTdm7f_dpMtYjonU0aeY4ZpFl4eMJvL_UeKJ-POICo1M7wW3qcrRA8eT3znrWrTR71nCz_7WUiLreWjwumbGu5Job0q8TS/s320/IMG_0149.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I keep telling Karen I want this dog---Shooter (below right). Don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIE8oMPVsKb-r7Q_gsfKRXUI0KoTUjYZU3LFYTgZKTd-M7yfNhvG3CZipdFrcm_BSNVaUqzXGRZpkmcqzPYJXpyDo_XsEPQa5qaPQUnzPcMjo7Odm1GS1IV1QZnbMZJP9bfETV7gNlOQiW/s1600/IMG_0138.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIE8oMPVsKb-r7Q_gsfKRXUI0KoTUjYZU3LFYTgZKTd-M7yfNhvG3CZipdFrcm_BSNVaUqzXGRZpkmcqzPYJXpyDo_XsEPQa5qaPQUnzPcMjo7Odm1GS1IV1QZnbMZJP9bfETV7gNlOQiW/s320/IMG_0138.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, we visit Blake before to heading to our spot on the trail. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYMEO4p29wtfSXYFoUOYOZdOiwsTlinkixjaSFgudYYQ_hz1wz-a0CpVYSRT9QjnZhSLuBwb4Zn-_HW0P49DJlND3T-UhNLljFtHo63aHqWlQ3onV8ru4BJUMyyOeFmI6Aeetl3DOmeQm/s1600/IMG_0157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYMEO4p29wtfSXYFoUOYOZdOiwsTlinkixjaSFgudYYQ_hz1wz-a0CpVYSRT9QjnZhSLuBwb4Zn-_HW0P49DJlND3T-UhNLljFtHo63aHqWlQ3onV8ru4BJUMyyOeFmI6Aeetl3DOmeQm/s320/IMG_0157.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I find the chute at the start way too crowded. Even with a media pass you can only be in certain areas. It's confining and uncomfortable to me. So, we went to my friend Trish's condo. It's right along the trail, and we had great seats on a curve to watch everyone go by. Our friend Anita joined us and Trish brought us snacks. OK---this was fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mary and Marlene<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUyXFe6kjr8LVVNTbmkiFFJGEhScZBj196qEggDKbDMrSIDzOA3mZ_ItLAGCRelz05idgigjWj-D6HV9FzgaGi35EW9-8LRHw1-X5ym5nzqOIGM9Y2E-b6061C49Mh2LHUzQ8jUSn4DKL/s1600/IMG_0160.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUyXFe6kjr8LVVNTbmkiFFJGEhScZBj196qEggDKbDMrSIDzOA3mZ_ItLAGCRelz05idgigjWj-D6HV9FzgaGi35EW9-8LRHw1-X5ym5nzqOIGM9Y2E-b6061C49Mh2LHUzQ8jUSn4DKL/s320/IMG_0160.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcsFS6Z6eiTQVduVkeJ86A1vai79nWLPtZUv6DZ5SREXdNnRu-S4LSFAVYRa4l4Myck2HsoyfeefA-KPjwDLB-DJWJrM3CFlwWgfDEbTpUXJsge1-LbOa9pys6LvZAF5PhyRXhevyg1X7/s1600/IMG_0258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcsFS6Z6eiTQVduVkeJ86A1vai79nWLPtZUv6DZ5SREXdNnRu-S4LSFAVYRa4l4Myck2HsoyfeefA-KPjwDLB-DJWJrM3CFlwWgfDEbTpUXJsge1-LbOa9pys6LvZAF5PhyRXhevyg1X7/s320/IMG_0258.jpg" /></a>Of course, Blake. Notice Forrest on the tag sled.He sat until he saw the curve, then he quickly stood up. HA Blake and his Idita-rider Carol are all smiles as they hit the curve.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then would be Sven and Keith on tag sled. Look at Sven handle the sled on the curve!!His Idita-rider has no idea they could crash. LOL</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdl8xA1d7RtQ9467tTrBulAb0pyuHhMQB0KtuuZNK3Y0AoEOXSVLZ2Hg5Y_sWDjlFaPqUK6h8QguQneYQpAc_92mPh9zQuXrekqG5sFdFb2ML0mae7BqZFPx-DTDCQWA49Is4zwTCdf3l7/s1600/IMG_0550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdl8xA1d7RtQ9467tTrBulAb0pyuHhMQB0KtuuZNK3Y0AoEOXSVLZ2Hg5Y_sWDjlFaPqUK6h8QguQneYQpAc_92mPh9zQuXrekqG5sFdFb2ML0mae7BqZFPx-DTDCQWA49Is4zwTCdf3l7/s320/IMG_0550.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW2Y3G8c9M_botJz8ntxSraZvILtUtxHYiarhsAv5dwUiJGES1gQYxKmPo2z9m5j3BtPgDccMUdvmSRDI1EnH5-sOvw_2bofAZbML1TaUqpyF8qqqA7D0QqlEGmNcRcxtWAxLQMckUZ60/s1600/IMG_0557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW2Y3G8c9M_botJz8ntxSraZvILtUtxHYiarhsAv5dwUiJGES1gQYxKmPo2z9m5j3BtPgDccMUdvmSRDI1EnH5-sOvw_2bofAZbML1TaUqpyF8qqqA7D0QqlEGmNcRcxtWAxLQMckUZ60/s320/IMG_0557.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally, Lance! The dogfather! And his prediction would come true!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhFtJHkfTw30P3VStrPgdQP4C4qBYkrgQf-U23oaeMWsLWcM-2u_295OKfyCaOVeLbdLBOt3Ni1OCuwtRXiO_uJQOBtbYXAnLCJJAUPONAXLy4fH_8WpqtfmQ5WmbDwtllPiEGcBbFuvf/s1600/IMG_0623.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhFtJHkfTw30P3VStrPgdQP4C4qBYkrgQf-U23oaeMWsLWcM-2u_295OKfyCaOVeLbdLBOt3Ni1OCuwtRXiO_uJQOBtbYXAnLCJJAUPONAXLy4fH_8WpqtfmQ5WmbDwtllPiEGcBbFuvf/s400/IMG_0623.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZVzvGxOl3Hw41TTdH1R7aY2JzrAk65d-LE2vFq_BJCSNz3sd25E-aguDUpwnjR4Dt_df4F9vH9VZOey9QQ9qbxUmF0_MZmt_rqqoe5FZECpiVbzhhW1Va3BP7CEMmQ-ybD0fCDwm45-s/s1600/IMG_0625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZVzvGxOl3Hw41TTdH1R7aY2JzrAk65d-LE2vFq_BJCSNz3sd25E-aguDUpwnjR4Dt_df4F9vH9VZOey9QQ9qbxUmF0_MZmt_rqqoe5FZECpiVbzhhW1Va3BP7CEMmQ-ybD0fCDwm45-s/s320/IMG_0625.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You can see more of my copyrighted photos of this event at: <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/djqhusky/2010Iditarod#">Iditarod 2010--Donna's photos</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When it was all over we picked up Keith, headed to Wasilla, met up with Mary's husband, Mike, had an early dinner and went home to make baked goods for the restart. The Willow Dog Mushers has a booth there and I promised to bake. It was nice to be home before dark. Blake and Phil spent the evening in last minute preparations. We brought them a pizza just to be sure they ate something! Tomorrow would be another early and long day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...and is immediately surrounded by autograph seekers and media.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwdrU5mfJ2muBD8PdEe6kLTB2YCg013gOEJgH3TjiX8hOYqaUDh9DQFw2KReXVZOkMcxOMKWtgvUCqzFgy7FWvRXMmZaAqiiVndKGPpoN8joJkyn3z2UQRZanAt42tn3Slkok5H6wbDXw/s1600/IMG_0674.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHwdrU5mfJ2muBD8PdEe6kLTB2YCg013gOEJgH3TjiX8hOYqaUDh9DQFw2KReXVZOkMcxOMKWtgvUCqzFgy7FWvRXMmZaAqiiVndKGPpoN8joJkyn3z2UQRZanAt42tn3Slkok5H6wbDXw/s320/IMG_0674.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Enjoying all the fun:Brenda Borden, Helen Hegener, Marlene Daniels<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyLXpuL0QCvfLEKNPdkl7DCd9zzgAPgNgVkZwp6Xa-aDV9ZNqH8SDKr0gs9qQLLlWcSeTDHXGSrw2_mY4ijg3JD6ju3HGqiFLDnweUVfBLPmeaXkWt0isqM4Q0QYSVDFTOZBZwSbkQFkV/s1600/IMG_0675.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyLXpuL0QCvfLEKNPdkl7DCd9zzgAPgNgVkZwp6Xa-aDV9ZNqH8SDKr0gs9qQLLlWcSeTDHXGSrw2_mY4ijg3JD6ju3HGqiFLDnweUVfBLPmeaXkWt0isqM4Q0QYSVDFTOZBZwSbkQFkV/s320/IMG_0675.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Sonny Lindner stays in his truck.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOJ4iSxannoZZUM3eS-8crR1pToU-XV-C6eJ05ruAwH5YSZsLhNZnv1bJIVdWLFatoYZKoGMAxX4cUJhsROd4o6Dq5yUTiQby7lkSTHcbMvkA1ssIYR3YevDeQYv4RWTE3dVNMO6jhpl9/s1600/IMG_0677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOJ4iSxannoZZUM3eS-8crR1pToU-XV-C6eJ05ruAwH5YSZsLhNZnv1bJIVdWLFatoYZKoGMAxX4cUJhsROd4o6Dq5yUTiQby7lkSTHcbMvkA1ssIYR3YevDeQYv4RWTE3dVNMO6jhpl9/s320/IMG_0677.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Mark and Karen Ramstead. Thanks for the reindeer sausage Mark! Karen and her team are the subjects of my movie:<a href="http://www.huskyproductions.net/prettysled.html">Pretty Sled Dogs</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XCLY0riibHby24svFiemxGj-lafg5hJ59Awhy9BUu-njwAdutpJPsNircl-b28mUuBLTiJ7hIEbZWZCuocMYNIzTOtkuxC9SNRe16ijd3R3TNKc8631Rh2pRt_CMfSM3OAr92hB-vE6Z/s1600/IMG_0720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XCLY0riibHby24svFiemxGj-lafg5hJ59Awhy9BUu-njwAdutpJPsNircl-b28mUuBLTiJ7hIEbZWZCuocMYNIzTOtkuxC9SNRe16ijd3R3TNKc8631Rh2pRt_CMfSM3OAr92hB-vE6Z/s320/IMG_0720.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Pat Bach with the wonderful and crazy Charge, whom she sponsors on Karen's team.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHpfEkabjY_h5Jq1Vy9vYU8gV2wcuEVI1OQJxhrrRf2eDr5ayn1WBbUmJdVuEK41lDj3ujFXrVBZ0VklpgIEpHdnTAIQk2ephkgQgaAu_GN-5PxhgEeYOiwjT40FajfxBqQUmHYmcUH_u/s1600/IMG_0719.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKHpfEkabjY_h5Jq1Vy9vYU8gV2wcuEVI1OQJxhrrRf2eDr5ayn1WBbUmJdVuEK41lDj3ujFXrVBZ0VklpgIEpHdnTAIQk2ephkgQgaAu_GN-5PxhgEeYOiwjT40FajfxBqQUmHYmcUH_u/s320/IMG_0719.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Sven Haltmann with girlfriend, Jamie. Sven is the subject of my movie: <a href="http://www.huskyproductions.net/nome.html">See You In Nome!</a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9oYM3wtRgM1s5RLgA309UeKIrXJy29o9V3P-hIsLcymcfTzOSZbqMcVHIyQuKQb7zk8D0TOBanriQCJpK4VI6HF0KLRkjeEnUvv1yL5imP7yDRkqda_nilUiz1fCyvTCVIJSHH7yHBUJ/s1600/IMG_0723.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9oYM3wtRgM1s5RLgA309UeKIrXJy29o9V3P-hIsLcymcfTzOSZbqMcVHIyQuKQb7zk8D0TOBanriQCJpK4VI6HF0KLRkjeEnUvv1yL5imP7yDRkqda_nilUiz1fCyvTCVIJSHH7yHBUJ/s320/IMG_0723.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sven and Keith. The story behind this photo starts at the 2009 start in Anchorage. Sven went to kiss the big husky dog that walks around, thinking there was a lady in the costume. Turns out it was a guy. So, he and Keith have a running joke about kissing men! And the joke continues on Willow Lake. Guess it works since Sven finished well again this year.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDgeEDyxi4Qseh_mrR3G8EAWNsuXemNiOg30cYTWVSAkSMhTzoo9wNQDejEecqLA4PjxccGU8HQXo3WuDcVAuUENWG_LYP2gcHkxv_HLUlDyb_skZlRs_e6UVHt1gXPQ0TDP3h2zohNpt/s1600/IMG_0728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDgeEDyxi4Qseh_mrR3G8EAWNsuXemNiOg30cYTWVSAkSMhTzoo9wNQDejEecqLA4PjxccGU8HQXo3WuDcVAuUENWG_LYP2gcHkxv_HLUlDyb_skZlRs_e6UVHt1gXPQ0TDP3h2zohNpt/s320/IMG_0728.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>This shot was for my friends in the band:<a href="http://www.barleyjuice.com/">Barleyjuice</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Musher Wattie McDonald who actually wore a kilt at the start was more appropriately dressed for the restart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEdailxoHT9-NVaRcr6MXuQjBXbgnTH_bnuQlEV0sBmQGyS5nMSavafiTfBVuGeapiSA5bByvhZe3NR9mveImOohEI3mX2_t5Uf7sIJSxEGT6Gjw7m-bOGVFE-SeJpoWz6PrMWqziDFJj/s1600/IMG_0696.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbEdailxoHT9-NVaRcr6MXuQjBXbgnTH_bnuQlEV0sBmQGyS5nMSavafiTfBVuGeapiSA5bByvhZe3NR9mveImOohEI3mX2_t5Uf7sIJSxEGT6Gjw7m-bOGVFE-SeJpoWz6PrMWqziDFJj/s320/IMG_0696.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.barleyjuice.com/"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we finished visiting the mushers, Marlene and I and Carol Falcetta---who is a wonderful still photographer: <a href="http://www.athousandwords.us/portfolio.html">Carol's Photos</a>-- went out on Long Lake to watch the teams go by. We had a wonderful time in the sunshine surrounded by all the parties that happen out there. You can see video of the mushers on Long Lake: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/djqhusky">Iditarod 2010 restart videos</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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When all the teams had passed us by, we returned home, tired, slightly sunburnt but very content for experiencing a wonderful day. Nothing to do now, but watch the race on the internet.<br />
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On this day, we picked up Trouble and Roland and brought them back to hang out with the rest of the Manitou Crossing Siberians.<br />
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</div>Baldy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzvzqsmUTYI7mNy1m-e0auosCG2USWZNFCK905QhC4ogJDTFyOK_Lai5aUaN_cHxnlDsVUNkuzEscjYWtH1TpL4AVtD-BDRp-1dwMnMgrmATMdzbxXmjh3emli3RngLy3u0RtK7IJrFSC/s1600/IMG_0753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzvzqsmUTYI7mNy1m-e0auosCG2USWZNFCK905QhC4ogJDTFyOK_Lai5aUaN_cHxnlDsVUNkuzEscjYWtH1TpL4AVtD-BDRp-1dwMnMgrmATMdzbxXmjh3emli3RngLy3u0RtK7IJrFSC/s320/IMG_0753.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div>Phil on the lake, the Alaska Range looms behind him.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYKpt9r0F-M40B1mPoN70Wd9pdo3U9TUD0-lUCd8aYErwzEPPEvhqASl-15yOetcAiCSmqQ8O0ZLLuR9msKN6XJyt05ftqDJ5dRIGBGMBYhyphenhyphenxP_29rVOXTgwV93nYS6cBucKc6Ks0ZHT6/s1600/IMG_0781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYKpt9r0F-M40B1mPoN70Wd9pdo3U9TUD0-lUCd8aYErwzEPPEvhqASl-15yOetcAiCSmqQ8O0ZLLuR9msKN6XJyt05ftqDJ5dRIGBGMBYhyphenhyphenxP_29rVOXTgwV93nYS6cBucKc6Ks0ZHT6/s320/IMG_0781.jpg" /></a><br />
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</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Blake finished 42nd with 10 dogs and beat his record for a team of all Siberian Huskies. Saturday, Phil and I retrieved the race team in Anchorage.Blake returned late sunday night after the mushers banquet in Nome. Monday night, he, Phil and I went to have dinner with Natalie Norris of the famous Anadyr kennels and some of her family and friends. It was a delightful evening of dog tales. Tuesday, Blake would tend to some chores while Phil starting packing for the drive back to Minnesota. We had our own seafood feast that evening with Maryland crab cakes and Alaskan red salmon. On wednesday morning, the dogs were dropped one last time. The dogs in my back lot were brought out to the trailer and Momma Takhini and little Alcan joined the mix. We took a few pictures and then they were gone. It's awfully quiet around here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1pmQp8ohJI9GlErJcrm08nucm48BE2yMQksJz9SifFPtKdYZyXOSTYVgJCflbXNvagVyXUy0cg8qYHepqsX8_kS34uUpEeDdCgnKlFZ_ADmZ0TTfw9LebS7g6qQgTNJREbgtGbWtfryd/s1600/IMG_0893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1pmQp8ohJI9GlErJcrm08nucm48BE2yMQksJz9SifFPtKdYZyXOSTYVgJCflbXNvagVyXUy0cg8qYHepqsX8_kS34uUpEeDdCgnKlFZ_ADmZ0TTfw9LebS7g6qQgTNJREbgtGbWtfryd/s320/IMG_0893.jpg" /></a>The beautiful Siberians of Manitou Crossing Kennels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tuuli was my favorite--look at those eyes and face. But Tagish was Blake's main leader, stepping up for the job.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ0wnCWLA4p3c7MOZXX2c70cfS50lE5oF-g21Onqcd8q8Usmb_9uHKPMvFVBIbv38-Uj6n1UWtxEfgdsomrzr9c5Ozp36FSLAdSUEgsMpaMZOvIrO3scc-bsk6zlcSZv2Gzjq4Tqo_n1Z/s1600/IMG_0887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzQ0wnCWLA4p3c7MOZXX2c70cfS50lE5oF-g21Onqcd8q8Usmb_9uHKPMvFVBIbv38-Uj6n1UWtxEfgdsomrzr9c5Ozp36FSLAdSUEgsMpaMZOvIrO3scc-bsk6zlcSZv2Gzjq4Tqo_n1Z/s320/IMG_0887.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziW3eIPswqzeCpuQfFubaK3u8DNf3Cu3DIfMuex4r6PaF_nTvXIfLw-WYjrApsdZMM69M9t5VaBjYmpFBwnD2EZAixvGV1acR0zzWFmFb8hj3MGFkAz5IKxWgVs08iujkMmgujdqCU_Xu/s1600/IMG_0891.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziW3eIPswqzeCpuQfFubaK3u8DNf3Cu3DIfMuex4r6PaF_nTvXIfLw-WYjrApsdZMM69M9t5VaBjYmpFBwnD2EZAixvGV1acR0zzWFmFb8hj3MGFkAz5IKxWgVs08iujkMmgujdqCU_Xu/s320/IMG_0891.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Gi8yZAWs5gBP5e5Ctyran_eB0HmGwhhFeplskjghCwdh0VAaijiOZQpCevOXBCodKN9p6Dgaq4Df0r5GxHJW7twfGyjJ2puEW-pScx_Y0WcWkX4dYpsZvL8aw1hJwmqrfhOR8t54cNFk/s1600/IMG_0881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Gi8yZAWs5gBP5e5Ctyran_eB0HmGwhhFeplskjghCwdh0VAaijiOZQpCevOXBCodKN9p6Dgaq4Df0r5GxHJW7twfGyjJ2puEW-pScx_Y0WcWkX4dYpsZvL8aw1hJwmqrfhOR8t54cNFk/s320/IMG_0881.jpg" /></a>Blake and Alcan--boy has Alcan grown! Below, Blake, myself and Phil. It's been a fun month!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6cUt9lrO8EfwUU5FrriHdkYZCqatgOtkShXIyeLfItsscnu5t_Ga3cQrNWtvGCR6Qokwj7J-C1mgP6MsrdHaB4FHuEiQf5HEHccNjY3mwuGOt6lD6QJQQV72GLa9d1mG9-l9fkwnQDXY-/s320/IMG_0900.jpg" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">Before Blake arrived, CG LaBelle asked if she could mail an item to me for Blake, something he promised to carry in his sled to Nome. Of course, I said yes.</span><br />
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Blayne does his best, "Look Ma, no hands" imitation as the team heads down Cordova Hill!<br />
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Jeff King crests Cordova Hill running a team from Blayne Streeper's kennel. Jeff is usually found on the Iditarod trail. Jeff finished in fourth place overall.<br />
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