Iditarod Update Tonight
#1 Lance Mackey – #2 Jeff King – #3 Ken Anderson
Jessie Royer is #10
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Update Tuesday morning at 5:21 EST
Lance and Jeff were only three minutes apart when the teams came into Elim.
The next group of mushers is several hours behind them at Koyuk (Martin Buser, Ramey Smyth, Hans Gatt, Ken Anderson, Paul Gebhardt, Mitch Seavey, Kjetil Backen, Rick Swenson, Sebastian Schnuelle, Jesse Royer, Ed Iten.)
There are still eighty-three mushers – thirteen have scratched.
Alaska
Day 10 – August 2, 2003
If you have not been on my site for awhile, I am featuring our 2003 trip to Alaska in honor of the Iditarod.
Our first visit of the day was Wolf Country USA where we learned some interesting facts about wolves. In this photo he is feeding the wolf a dog biscuit from his mouth.
The Musk Ox Farm was also very informative.
At Reindeer Farm we were invited to walk among and feed them. They became very pesty if they knew you had “reindeer food.”
A baby had just been born that morning.
There was also a resident moose at the Reindeer Farm…
…and several beautiful elk.
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We had seen an advertisement for Seven Glaciers Restaurant, near Mt. Alyeska Mountain Lodge, but decided we would look it up only if the timing was right.
The timing was right! It took a lot of effort to find it, even when we were in the area, but it was worth every wrong turn and the time it took to find the tram that would take us to the top of the mountain.
When one tram was going up the mountain, the other one was going down.
The elevation of Seven Glaciers Restaurant is 2,350 feet. Reservations are needed for the restaurant (and it was full), but the view in the bar area is the best – even better than in the restaurant.
The best part was that we could order coffee, soup, and dessert – and that’s all we needed. Our desserts were as fabulous as the view.
The view as we descended.
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Back to the present!
Again, these pictures are especially for Jere, Kristen, Josh, and Jana who are on a working vacation in Texas, because their three little ones are here in Pennsylvania. (The rest of you may look too!)
Ian, with a bunny pancake – yesterday at Deb’s house.
Cerwin and Davy having a fun moment.
Zachary being serious
Our daughter, Deb, and Jesse having fun. (Jesse is staying with Deb, while we keep Ian and Jared.)
After lunch the boys played in the yard and the “fort” under the trees.
Jesse’s favorite place to “hang out.”
Mickey and Jared watching a video.
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