After a full night’s rest we packed up and said farewell to Dawson City to head for Pelly Crossing. The temperatures are warmer today than what we had experienced during the 36 hour break and there has been fresh snow so the ploughs were in action on the highway. Just … Read More
Here’s a VERY short clip of the team leaving Dawson looking awesome! You will see Allen moved Olivia up into lead with Quito and moved Scruggs to swing with Boondocks. Scruggs has done a fantastic job for the first 500 miles but with such a plethora of great leaders leaders … Read More
After completing their mandatory 36-hour rests in Dawson, Allen and Brent are back on the trail! Allen departed 2.5 hours after Brent, who now has a lead of almost 20 miles. Both mushers are running excellent races, and Brent made a nice move on the Yukon to take the lead. … Read More
While I was over at the dog camp I asked Aliy and Dr Mike Davis about the reasons for the stretch out, massage and foot ointment they were giving each dog. Aliy was working on Boondocks and Dr Mike was walking Scout.
As promised, I took the video camera over to the dog camp and got Meghan and Aliy to show you around…
We have just over four hours before Allen and his team leave Dawson City for their run to Scroggie Creek Dog Drop then Pelly Crossing checkpoint. We cannot get to Scroggie Creek ourselves so it will be a while before we see them again as it is about 200 miles … Read More
We’re a little over 12 hours into the 36 hour layover the team is looking great. We have the dogs on an eating, resting, stretching out and massage schedule which, right at this moment has them fast asleep at their camp. Last night after the team got in Meghan, Aliy … Read More
During our drive to Dawson Aliy took the time to tell us about her race and each of her team. She said it was the cleanest 300 mile race she’s run in a long time which surprised her as the YQ300, especially run from Fairbanks can be horrid with Rosebud … Read More
