It’s Dog Fan Club Draw day! Congratulations to Marilyn Cozzens who is a fan of Gravy. Marilyn wins a copy of Jon and Jona Van Zyle’s beautiful book “Iditarod Memories, 30 Years of Poster Art From the Last Great Race”. In this book Jona writes stories around the posters Jon … Read More
Today was the day… the party is over. It is not longer particularly smart and certainly not dry to run a dog team on a sled from our kennel in Two Rivers anymore this season. After taking 14 dogs out on a sled for a rather icy and adventurous tour … Read More
We’ve still got some stuff to give away! Today we did a quadruple Dog Fan Club draw for a set of signed Yukon Quest and Iditarod Race Guides. Congratulations to Susan McCandless who is a fan of Kodiak, Peach fan Jade Staft, Lucas Koch, a fan of Scooby and Lucas … Read More
Everyone is home – resting and regrouping after Nome. Aliy and Moira took some of the Iditarod team out for a couple of hours last night on the local trails. West of us the trails are still pretty good but we’re not sure how much they have left in them. … Read More
It’s our last morning in Nome so we are doing a Dog Fan Club Draw to mark the end of the race. Congratulations to Missy Williams who is a fan of QT. Missy wins an pack of Iditarod souvenirs including a patch, fridge magnet and coaster, a glam shot of … Read More
This evening at the Nome Convention Centre, the Iditarod celebrated amazing dogs and their humans at the Finish Banquet and Prizegiving. First, we all enjoyed a prime rib dinner and famous chocolate dipped strawberries by the Lakefront Hotel and served by an army of volunteers. During the evening we were … Read More
Saturday in Nome during Iditarod week means “Meet the Mushers”. It is always one of the most popular events on the calendar with thousands of people showing up to get a signature, selfie and handshake from their favourite mushers. Here’s a few snaps from today. The dogs are now home … Read More
Today’s mission was to get all the dogs back to Anchorage. We set 5am alarms (and 5:10 and again at 5:20) to get down to the dog yard to give them breakfast, pack up all the gear in the sled for shipping and transport all the kennels and dogs the … Read More
