Blueberry DEEElight for breakfast – yeehaaa. But I earned it with an early run out in the snow. Loose, drifting powder snow – crunchy over the ice but easy to run in. The problem still is getting the clothing combination right so that the decrepit old body stays at a reasonable temperature. And the nose doesn't get frostbitten.
My thousand or so friends are out playing golf on the ice – cheating essential – and the course is just behind the Breakers Bar – one could Consult,out on the verandah at the back and wave and encourage them all with loud cries.One just might get around to it. And the Nome forest is flourishing – all the christmas trees get planted on the ice in Iditarod week.
Some local trepidation about what might be happening at Fukushima – too many people listening to and believing CNN.
Photos slowly getting to picasa – captions as and when I can get there.
Sled dogs – wonderful animals! DeeDee Jonrowe is also a marathon runner, like her dogs. A formidable team. There are still 5 teams out on the trail – the weather is changing and it's looking like a white out at the mo. Musher signing this afternoon – they all sit in a big hall under their names and sign shirts and hats and posters.
The logs ramblings can be cryptic, so we have added: