I have been meeting mushers this week during the teacher conference, both past and present. These are amazing people who have a real passion and love of dogs and Alaskan heritage. Today I met Angie Taggart a two time veteran. She is a teacher from Ketchikan, Alaska, and ran her first race in 2011, again last year, and is taking a break this year. She was actually quite tall, and was kind enough to "lower" herself to meet me in the photo! I also have a picture of her belt buckle. This is given to every musher and team that survives the trip and passes the finish line into Nome. It doesn't matter when you arrive, you are honored with this special buckle if you are a rookie musher. Angie was the 105th woman to ever finish the Ididarod, and she was wearing it proudly when I met her. She said, "It was the greatest time of my life."
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Drake
2/27/2014 09:53:16 am
Cool Musher--And belt buckle.How is it going in Alaska?I MISS YOU:(
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3/2/2014 10:53:22 pm
How long where you sledding and does the time of day affect the dog speed?
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Olympe
3/2/2014 11:19:10 pm
That belt buckle is so cool.
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About Ms. WrightI have taught 20 years, and 17 of them here at EES! I love Project Based Learning and thematic teaching to help lessons come alive! I love animals and respect nature, and I bring that passion to my students! I am thrilled to be a part of this special project! Archives
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