A little excitement along the way...

We are getting ready to fly out tonight....exciting and scary, but it's finally hear! Brian will be leaving at 1:00 am - with 3 dogs and the sled. I will leave at 2:30 am with 3 more dogs and the runners. Greg and Ed will be traveling tomorrow.

We raced in SuValley this weekend. Unfortunately due to extreme weather we chose only to race one day of the 2 day championship race. Brian's brother Ed made his debut in the 6 dog class with our "puppy team". He finished 1st and I was in 3rd. It was -30 at the time shack when we left the starting line..but then the trail elevation drops and so did the temp about 5 to 10 degrees so yes it was between -35 and -40!!!!!!!! Plus wind chill!!!! Ed did great but his win didn't come without battle marks. He suffered terrible frost bite on his face and finger tips, the worst I've ever seen. We took some pictures and will post them soon. He is doing better and we'll keep you posted on his recovery. This morning we checked the temp and it was about the same as Saturday, so we decided that it was best that we scratch from the race all together and head back to Anchorage where it was about 0.

So we swung by Greg Sellentin place to drop off some dogs that he will be "babysitting" for us. When we got there I noticed a strange smell....thought that he was cooking dog food, but it didn't make much sense because he was down at the track. Anyway long story short...Greg Jurek's down feather pillow somehow caught fire in the back of his truck. Apparently his headlamp turned on in his bag and caught the ignited feathers, then combined with the wind while he was driving made for a pretty good little fire in his duffel bag!!!!! No major losses, just 1 pillow and 1 coffee pot as far as I know.

So we made it to Anchorage and did a run at the track, nice and uneventful, just the way I like it!

Now it's on to Boston where it's snowing. We'll update you as soon as we are able to.

Jennifer and Brian