Iditarod 2012

          I went to the 2012 Iditarod.  The Iditarod is a huge dogsledding race over 1000 Miles long.  I went and watched 67 mushers at the start of this huge race take off into the forest.  The race has over 20 checkpoints.  Each is within fifty miles of each other. They stop at the checkpoint to rest and eat.  After eight or so hours they are back on the trail moving to the next checkpoint and the finish line. The race starts at Anchorage and moves on to Nome.  The race is started with sixteen dogs.  When a dog gets too tired, they ride in the sled bag to the next checkpoint.  There, they are dropped off and flown back to Anchorage.
            A musher named DeeDee Jonrowe mushes in the iditarod.  She wears completely pink, all her dogs wear pink harnesses, pink booties, and a pink sled.  She has never won the Iditarod but is considered one of the "oldies"  for racing the Iditarod thirty times.

        While we were there we ate reindeer hot dogs.  They tasted surprisingly different than normal hotdogs... More DELICIOUS!

         At my great uncles house where we were staying, there were three moose.  They stood right outside the kitchen window. With the window open, I could have touched one!  Moose are very dangerous. If you get near one and irritate it, It will kick you to death.

         There were three really cute dogs and a cat named miss kitty, (she thinks she is a dog, Hence the name).   They would lay on you when you sat on the couch.  They are all really nice show dogs.  The one in the picture is named Yager, I don't know if I spelled that right.
I loved those dogs while I was there and miss them right now.
       

 



                  -Bodi