Archive for February 11th, 2006

And, he’s off

February 11, 2006

After months of preparation and watching our credit card balances soar into the stratosphere, Rod is finally on the trail.
After years of entering sled dog races, we’ve got our pre-race timing pretty much figured out. Rod fed the dogs a meaty broth about 7 a.m., we started loading them in the truck at 8:15 […]

Oh, Calcutta

February 11, 2006

At the Start Banquet on Thursday before the race, organizers sprang a new fundraising strategy on the unsuspecting mushers. When it was time to draw starting positions, organizers announced that they were holding a Calcutta. In essence, they wanted the audience, made up mostly of friends and families of the mushers, to bid on the […]