Our two and a half drive to meet our very own sled dog teams was one picturesque scene after another. I am our dedicated driver since there's an assumption that my years of driving in Cleveland and Chicago makes me the most qualified! Thankfully, all the rental cars in Alaska come with excellent tracking systems because my winter driving skills have become rusty after 17 years in Austin.
We are preparing to track our Musher. We've started discussing some of the Iditarod features and the uniqueness of Alaska. We learned that the fastest Musher completed the race in 8 days and the slowest in 32! So much more to discover. There is a set of twins racing this year and since our class has one set of twins and two other students who are one half a set I'm going to encourage our class to root for Anne and Kristy Bennington who are originally from Wisconsin. |
Jane Tomick Wold
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