Two Rivers Dog Mushers Association held their annual Valley Funale sled dog races yesterday at Pleasant Valley Store. Aliy and Allen were there as race support crew and dog handlers. There were adult races, a junior race and a kids race. It was a gorgeous day with blue skies and … Read More
In our special end-of-season bonus Dog Fan Club draw two of our tri-colored, blue eyed dogs, Scruggs and Violet, are winners. Congrats to Scruggs fans: the Layman Family from Wasilla, AK and Violet fan: Kathy from Texas. You win copies of both the Yukon Quest and Iditarod race guides signed … Read More
At the end of the day, what matters most is the dogs. Aliy and Moira took a couple teams out for a stretch-out today on the local trails. As you see there’s still plenty of snow and it was simply gorgeous! Aliy’s team was: Scout and Nacho, Schmoe and Scooter, … Read More
This morning Aliy and Moira, with the help from long-time kennel friends (and dog lot volunteers) Deb and Hunter Davis, packed the dogs up and sent them on their way to Anchorage where Allen and Spencer were there waiting for them. The old-hands (paws?) were very relaxed about the whole … Read More
The lights are about to go out in Nome as the final two acts of the 2015 Iditarod played out this evening. The lights on front street At the Nome Convention Centre a packed house enjoyed a fantastic meal by the culinary team from the Millennium Hotel in Anchorage (those … Read More
I visited the dog lot this afternoon with my camera and caught them all taking a nap. Except Biscuit who could run another 1000 miles. A few got up to say hi and others just acknowledged me from their beds. It was calm and sunny and they were all enjoying … Read More
This afternoon in the “Mini” Convention Centre in Nome, hundreds of fans and supporters lined up to get signatures and photos of the favorite mushers. Mushers signed posters, race guides, race bibs, books, photos and all manner of other things, posed for pictures, shook many hands and gave away hugs. … Read More
See Chipper and Viper, Biscuit and Felix, Beemer and Kodiak, Junior and Chemo, Lester and Commando, Pepe and Boondocks, Sandy and Dutch, and Allen cross under the burled arch in Nome after 11 days, 16 hours, 52 minutes and 43 seconds. Between certain hours of the night the siren doesn’t … Read More
Chipper and Viper led the team over the line followed by Biscuit and Felix, Beemer and Kodiak, Junior and Chemo, Lester and Commando, Pepe and Boondocks with Sandy and Dutch in wheel. We are so proud of them all! Everyone has been fed, watered and tucked into bed, including Allen. … Read More
Allen, Beemer, Biscuit, Boondocks, Chemo, Chipper, Commando, Dutch, Felix, Junior, Kodiak, Lester, Pepe, Sandy and Viper are through Safety and on their final 22 miles to Nome. They set a blistering time from White Mountain to Safety – just 6 hours, six minutes! We are heading to the finish chute … Read More
