Dear Boys and Girls,
By the time you read this, the race will be well under way. I hope you are figuring out how to read the race statistics. It can be kind of confusing at first. This weekend was like a dream come true for me. I had a ball walking the streets of Anchorage before the Ceremonial Start with my new friends, the other two finalists and my special friends Linda and Finney. I'll show you pictures of them as soon as I get back. We found a perfect place to watch the mushers about a block down from the start at a corner. We could watch the teams sprinting down the street towards us and then making a turn. It was great fun watching the dogs pulling and pulling. On Sunday, we drove out to Willow Lake and watched as the dog trucks arrived and mushers finished their final packing of their sled bags. Then we walked to a place where we could view all of the mushers as they left the trail leading across the lake into the wilderness. This was a clear day with a blue sky. The swon banks were taller than I am tall. We all climbed up a snowbank and sat on top in the sun where we could take pictures of every team race by. It was magical to know I was watching this world class dogs and mushers as they began the biggest trip of their lives. I can't wait to share all my pictures with you. It is 11:30 pm sunday night as I write this and I am leaving my hotel room to go work in the communications room. I'll be working 12 midnight to 6am posting information from the checkpoints to the current standings page on iditarod.com. Gotta go for now!
Mrs. A.
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