Its 8:15pm Yukon Time.
After climbing King Solomon’s Dome immediately after leaving Dawson, Allen and his team set up camp around 55 miles later at Indian River for about three hours. They will have been ready for a rest after climbing to the highest point on the Quest trail.
They then continued on to Scroggie Creek Dog Drop on the Stewart River and joined Cody and his team who arrived a couple of hours earlier. Volunteers and vets would have welcomed them warmly. A Dog Drop stop is somewhere Allen can get inside if he needs to to dry gear and get a hot meal and also consult with the vet crew if necessary.
They’ll stay there for a few hours before climbing up through the Black Hills, described as ‘a series of rolling knolls’. Scroggie is 69 miles from Stepping Stone Hospitality Stop and another 36 miles on to Pelly Crossing. It will be a while before the handler crew will see them again and be able to hear stories about the trail.
Speaking of the handler crew – Aliy and Bridgett (and Ziptie) will spend one more night in Dawson City enjoying sleeping in a bed, eating some good food and enjoying the company of Dawson’s locals, other mushers and handler crews, and race fans.
This morning they broke down dog camp and loaded everything back into Hollywood (truck). Thanks to Ingabritt and Stephen – long time kennel supporters – for their help. It always seems so much harder breaking it down and fitting it all back in.
This extra night in Dawson also affords the crew some time to look around. Aliy sent through this cool pic of the RCMP building. They are very generous to open up their garage for teams to use.
Goodnight for now – see you back here in the morning!
Great info–Thanks to the SP Fans for helping! Even Ziptie! Go SP Dogs and Allen!!
Nice picture of Aliy with Ingabritt and Stephen.?
With Karolyn running the 300, and Aliy handling for both teams, it seems Aliy has been able to enjoy Allen’s 1000 Quest a bit more. I hope that is so.
I think Allen and his teammates are doing fantastic. I don’t think anyone could imagine Allen had shoulder surgery over the last year, if they weren’t told so. I hope he feels his shoulder is getting stronger during this race, and not feeling that he has overdone it.
I’m so proud of the entire team.