Sunday, March 8, 2009

Iditarod 2009 - Official Start Willow, AK and Crystal Lake, AK

We decided to truck up to Willow, AK this year for the official "re-start" of the Iditarod 1049 mile sled dog race to Nome.
Jam packed rows of people cheering on over 60 mushers out of the starting gates.
Matt and Meg watch from Crystal Lake.
We were lucky enough to crash a party at Terri and Stephen's cabin to catch the teams several miles from the starting gates crossing the numerous lakes surrounding Willow and the Susitna River drainage area.
The best way to keep warm is too fill up with a nice local micro brew!
Bush plane fixed with ski's takes off from the lake

It's going to be a long 1000 miles for some of these teams...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

How exciting..gee I wish we could have been there!!! Great pictures Sam..love you, Mom