The sun is just rising over the horizon as I write this and the arctic light is truely extraordinary. Last night my host gave me the night tour of town-it's alive with lights strung over Front Street, the Bering Sea yawning out in the distance on its edge. She told me that Sunday is the day the "trucks" bring the snow into town to form the chute. My friends Deb and Hunter Davis called from the Mini, the headquarters, to make sure I had made it...
The airport was filled with mushers; including a man in bunnie boots that was on my plane whose son is racing his dogs this year. Another man in a polar bear hat festooned with claws on the front. Hat regalia is definitely where it is at around here. I heard another local saying that they expect to see the front teams in the chutes by early Tuesday. The town is hopping with banquets and craft fairs-Nome at its best.
I was brought out of a sound dream this am with the resident cat, a large heavy puffball upchucking hairballs in my room. I have no idea how it got in there. Got in late last night and decided to attempt the internet this morning-I am staying in a nice home occupying a teenage daughter's bedroom. The King Salmon and red huckleberries I brought were welcomed warmly by my hosts. The rest of her guests arrive today and occupy the lower floor of the house.
The great race has hit Unalakleet-there are at least four, maybe six in the front pack-based on the Iditarod tracker, they are nose to nose-John Baker and Sebastian Schneulle have reached the town with the gold cup-but the tracker shows that Baker has dropped to third. Now rest stops and the dogs determine the race. If you are as addicted as I am see the formal site http://www.iditarod.com/ or if you are really addicted join the tracker that allows instant video downloads and wonderful GPS tracking.
GPS tracking is how I keep up to date on my friend Angie. She is a rookie this year (Angie Taggart) and is still doing great-she is in Iditarod now with w/ "pack" of other mushers. About halfway through the great race. Check in tomorrow for an update on my first working day in Nome, and hopefully some awesome photos! Mush on Team Taggart!
The airport was filled with mushers; including a man in bunnie boots that was on my plane whose son is racing his dogs this year. Another man in a polar bear hat festooned with claws on the front. Hat regalia is definitely where it is at around here. I heard another local saying that they expect to see the front teams in the chutes by early Tuesday. The town is hopping with banquets and craft fairs-Nome at its best.
I was brought out of a sound dream this am with the resident cat, a large heavy puffball upchucking hairballs in my room. I have no idea how it got in there. Got in late last night and decided to attempt the internet this morning-I am staying in a nice home occupying a teenage daughter's bedroom. The King Salmon and red huckleberries I brought were welcomed warmly by my hosts. The rest of her guests arrive today and occupy the lower floor of the house.
The great race has hit Unalakleet-there are at least four, maybe six in the front pack-based on the Iditarod tracker, they are nose to nose-John Baker and Sebastian Schneulle have reached the town with the gold cup-but the tracker shows that Baker has dropped to third. Now rest stops and the dogs determine the race. If you are as addicted as I am see the formal site http://www.iditarod.com/ or if you are really addicted join the tracker that allows instant video downloads and wonderful GPS tracking.
GPS tracking is how I keep up to date on my friend Angie. She is a rookie this year (Angie Taggart) and is still doing great-she is in Iditarod now with w/ "pack" of other mushers. About halfway through the great race. Check in tomorrow for an update on my first working day in Nome, and hopefully some awesome photos! Mush on Team Taggart!
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