You’ve no doubt noticed a small addition to the header above… That’s right, we’re now officially “on the clock” and counting down to Iditarod!
As the saying goes around here, “We’ve got a lot to do!”:
• At least 32 dogs must be brought up to Iditarod levels of fitness, so that means we’ll be running most of the dogs in the Kennel practically every day!
• The “drop bags” of supplies have to be packed up and shipped out to about 20 checkpoints for both teams. At an average of two bags per team per checkpoint, that’s a total of about 80 bags and a total weight of almost two tons!
• To get the “drop bags” ready, we will spend many days cutting snacks, bagging food, sorting booties, counting out batteries, hand warmers, etc.
• Dog boxes need to be refurbished and shipped to Nome — for the dogs to travel in on their way back to the Kennel.
• The list goes on and on…
We look forward to sharing all our activities and progress with you, so stay tuned!
We’re “on the clock” and going at full speed!
Wow! Mind bogeling – everything that needs to be done…..
the clock is a fun idea but it seems to be stuck…
Good luck!
Dave Mason in St. Louis
Hi Mom in PA – I think you’ll find that the clock updates every time the page refreshes… So, yes, the clock is “stuck” in that it doesn’t constantly countdown… That would take a lot of unnecessary processor resources… It only recalculates when the page is loaded… You are welcome to continually press the refresh button to simulate the countdown. 😉