Right: Happy Dog handlers in the snow!It is now Wednesday morning, and we've been preparing to leavesince the doggies are now on their way and back with Angie. Packing after the Iditarod is like finding ten books after you sat on the suitcase to close it. I mailed one box home,and I was not alone. Deb, Hunter and I zip tied kennels so they would make it back to Anchorage. I washed two loads of laundry. I tried to keep the stinky stuff segregated until I could do dry cleaning. The rental car in Anchorage was so full we could not fit another suitcase in. It looked like the Clampetts were arriving! You know, the three baggage rule for AK residents....hah! Jolene met us at the airport to transport Angie's flowers, her return drop bag of clothes, and the broken (New, but junk) kennel back to Angie. She's planning a kennel return to Walmart in the near future. We could make a large sum of money figuring out how to make great kennels for shipping that went together in cold weather-if we were engineers....
We have reports that the whole team is now AT HOME IN WILLOW-my bet is the dog yard is full of canine gossip-and those left behind are now being regaled with doggy stories about what happened at which checkpoint and how the others missed out. I envision a very happy Angie to be back in her cabin. Anchorage is delighfully balmy. Tomorrow we'll be home in Ketchikan.I have to get back to the epic poem tonight! Angie has fulfilled her dream-whatever the future holds, it will always be influenced by her remarkable journey! Congratulations and mush on!!
Congratulations on a great piece of work! What a great trek, and great support and accomplishment...you have accomplished great events.
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