Vikings in Alaska?

I had to pop in and tell you that I just found out that one of Scott Janssen's lead dogs is named Thor!

Some other news just coming in...  three hours before start time....

Zoya DeNure's lead dog Demon got kicked in the head by a moose yesterday in a training run.  He's being cared for by the Iditarod vet team.  Her sled got trampled and her sled bag has a big hole in it, so she spent a busy night last night repairing everything.

The dogs on the parking garage roof are waking up!  Did I tell you about them?  For the last several nights a truck full of puppies and sleds has been parking on the roof of a parking garage we can see from our hotel room.  They are out all day and then come back at night to sleep!  We heard them barking pretty late last night, and now they are all waking up!  Guess they are getting ready for their big day!

Puppy Hotel

Close Up!

What we understand is that all the mushers have to be downtown by 8am and in their "parking spots."  There are maps floating around of where all the mushers are parked so that race fans can stop by and interact with the mushers - how cool is that?

The first musher departs at 10 am! 

We're getting ready to head out now!

Happy Race Day!