Braved cold and large crowds of glass eyed tourists to see the ceremonial start of the Iditarod, today being officially Susan Butcher day. Mushers wave hand, hand, wrist, wrist like they beauty queens they are certainly not. Snow paves 4th ave. as dogs wearing vests with sponsors names and people riding the baskets slide by. This will end today in Anchorage, they'll pack up in trucks and head to the official start in Willow tomorrow. Will go the Ash's cabin and watch them race by on the lake, this time baskets full of supplies.
Have to miss Seth today as you can be sure he would have been singing the Rondy song to himself, "Rondy, Rondy-zvous come on" fist pumping to the sky on the last word. He is somewhere in Taiwan right now, will here from him once he buys a cell phone hopefully. More pics. to come as we watch the race tomorrow on Crystal Lake. Off to buy foot warmers and borrow Aunt Bonnie's down pants and maybe some chips for tomorrow's festivities.
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