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March 19, 2015 by

It seems there was some major weather happening outside of Shaktoolik today with huge snow drifts and strong winds. At one stage there were about 25 teams stacked up at the checkpoint waiting for it to be safe to continue on. If you see the tracker you’ll notice most of the teams are in groups; this will be for safety and to share the trail breaking duties.

Allen left Shak with all 14 Black Team mates at 8.01pm and is currently about 30-35 miles from Koyuk. They spent over 16 hours at the checkpoint. We did pack plenty of dog food in the drop bags so they would have been just fine for that amount of time.

We will be anxiously watching the tracker tonight until they all get safely into the next checkpoint.

Drop Dog Update

All our dropped dogs: Outlaw, Nelson, Driver and Sissy are out at our good friend Margie’s kennel in Knik. Here’s some pics from earlier today.


Outlaw and Molly at Barbara’s (remember Molly from Beemer’s big day out?); Driver and Outlaw on their way to Margie’s


Driver enjoying Margie’s home; Sissy and Nelson with Margie

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  • Thank you Margie for taking such good care of the SPK athletes super stars).
    Watch out, I think Outlaw is telling Molly how cute she is.

  • Thanks so much for sending along these pix of the "dropped dogs" – considering how fond his Uncle "B" was of Molly, perhaps Outlaw is passing along a few special words for her from The Beemer?

  • Safe travels to Allen and the Black Team!!! Good thing the mushers are traveling in groups. They can keep track of each other and avoid getting off track !!!!
    Allen must be relieved to learn that Aliy and the pups arrived in Nome safely and in great condition!!!
    The dropped dogs are living 'the life' in Knik!!!
    Love you all!!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • Thanks for the Black team update, watching the finish and wondered what was going on. Thought gps was lagging and off again. Heard Northern lights were spectacular so hope everyone had that to enjoy. Love that all Iditarod teams work together despite the fact this is a competitive sport. So Great!

  • Safe travels to Allen and the Black Team!!! Good thing the mushers are traveling in groups. They can keep track of each other and avoid getting off track !!!!
    Allen must be relieved to learn that Aliy and the pups arrived in Nome safely and in great condition!!!
    The dropped dogs are living 'the life' in Knik!!!
    Love you all!!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • They got a good long rest in Shaktoolik….glad to see everyone is back on the move and weather improved! Go Allen and the Black Team!

  • Have a great time out there Black Team.

    I love all the pics of Driver. I have been in heaven throughout the race. He really makes me laugh.

  • Thank you Margie!!!

    Driver should be so proud of himself. Sissie and Nelson look as if they missed a great party – they'll have to wait a bit to celebrate with the rest of the Red Team.

    Love the pic with the back-seat serenade!!!

    Best,

    Margaret
    P.S. GO BLACK TEAM!!!

  • It is good to see all of the dropped dogs again and know they are with their buddy Margie!

    Looks like Allen and his teammates made it safely out of Shak. Looking forward to seeing them cross the finish line!

  • Let's all keep cheering for Allen and Blck team!Stay safe in that weather!Godspeed SPK!!

  • Glad to see the dropped kids in familiar hands! Love my silly Driver – glad you're ok buddy! Let's cheer on your teammates to the finish safely!

  • Looks like Allen is leaving Koyuk right now, I see his orange has changed to green! Anxious to hear about what they encountered in that area. Go Black Team!

    Trish

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