What a great race, Aliy, second place, Iditarod and Dallas Seavey, first place. You certainly kept us interested out here in cyber space...wow.
Great dogs, great drivers! Enjoy your accomplishments and catch up on some rest, for
a rematch next year!
Our 21st year! We have enjoyed sharing the sport of dog sledding with so many people over the years, and thank you! all, so much! We are in a paring down and retirement phase. Our kennel is selling a lot of good, used equipment. If you are looking for something , let us know. Listing coming soon. We are not selling dogs, they are retiring with us.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Go, Aliy!!
The final showdown is about to take place on Iditarod Trail... Aliy and Dallas are neck and neck, both at rest in Elim at this moment, per GPS, with the delay in reporting I suspect they're both out of there. It's 46 miles to White Mtn where they take the mandatory 8 hour rest.
This IS the grandest Iditarod we've watched and we LOVE that Aliy has been the frontrunner most of the way. Go, Aliy and great dogs!!!
This IS the grandest Iditarod we've watched and we LOVE that Aliy has been the frontrunner most of the way. Go, Aliy and great dogs!!!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Aliy out of Ruby
Dogs looking strong, Aliy is out of Ruby, the only team out of Ruby. This means her dogs are doing well (as that's how she runs, listens to the dogs). It also means that the mushers resting for 8 hours in Ruby are getting that mandatory out of the way. Will Aliy take hers in Galena? Possibly, probably? They of course can pass her there, as she rests, but her dogs were able to go and she kept going.
It is a treat to see her leading, checkpoint after checkpoint, and showing how mighty she and her team are. Of course, we also know that there's still a lot of circumstance in a race like this... as she knows, buffalo, moose, etc. We're not forgetting the other great mushers running the race, just showing our loyalty to Aliy for the job well done already.
It is a treat to see her leading, checkpoint after checkpoint, and showing how mighty she and her team are. Of course, we also know that there's still a lot of circumstance in a race like this... as she knows, buffalo, moose, etc. We're not forgetting the other great mushers running the race, just showing our loyalty to Aliy for the job well done already.
Thunderstorms and 70? next week, please be kidding
Why go South? it's been warm all winter. We 've done a great job of getting runs and we have hopeful snow this morning, about 3 inches. However, tomorrow will be 53 degrees and it only gets worse for the whole week coming up... up to 60 several days possible and thunderstorms.
What a crazy winter. We are going to try to run a team early tomorrow morning but it will have to be early, the snow will be too punchy for dog feet after 10AM.
What a crazy winter. We are going to try to run a team early tomorrow morning but it will have to be early, the snow will be too punchy for dog feet after 10AM.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Aliy's Iditarod to date
Aliy Zirkle just left Takotna after her 24 hour mandatory rest there. It is a great place to go but this week seemed packed. Since Aliy had arrived first I see she got a nice quieter spot for her dogs to sleep. She left Nutmeg behind, a perennial favorite who has done herself proud over the years, so Aliy now has 15 strong dogs .
Aliy's bib is 14 so she had to add 104 minutes to her 24 hour mandatory, allowing her to leave Takotna at 1:16 AM. Although Mitch Seavey had arrived quite well behind her, with the bib adjustments he left first out of Takotna 24's, just three minutes ahead of her.
There are two more mandatory rests out there... one 8 hour on the Yukon River and one 8 hour mandatory in White Mountain.
The race is ON and Aliy is looking GREAT.
Aliy's bib is 14 so she had to add 104 minutes to her 24 hour mandatory, allowing her to leave Takotna at 1:16 AM. Although Mitch Seavey had arrived quite well behind her, with the bib adjustments he left first out of Takotna 24's, just three minutes ahead of her.
There are two more mandatory rests out there... one 8 hour on the Yukon River and one 8 hour mandatory in White Mountain.
The race is ON and Aliy is looking GREAT.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Recipe for Impassable Trails
Start with 20 inches of snow in one day. Pack the trails as best we can. Temperature of 57 degrees. Walk (fall through) the packed trails (humans, dogs, deer, turkeys). Rain, rain, rain.
Combine all of the above: impassable muscle tearing trails (humans, dogs, deer, turkeys).
A BIG MESS. We still have people wanting to drive sleds, so will we have a red lantern for the season? stay tuned, send cold air and snow.
Combine all of the above: impassable muscle tearing trails (humans, dogs, deer, turkeys).
A BIG MESS. We still have people wanting to drive sleds, so will we have a red lantern for the season? stay tuned, send cold air and snow.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Stretching Winter
We had great help putting the trails in, by Tim, after the 20 inch storm. Today Katie and Jeanne took three runs... the dogs' heads had to get around some new routes and in the process gave Jimmy who was handling some good exercise. Jeanne photographing also lost her footing in the process, but we had a nice day and the trails were beautiful, dogs HAPPY.
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