The Quest

The Yukon Quest sled dog race provided the impetus to return to blogging! I await a new camera; and between writing a dissertation and playing for the Soyuz indoor soccer team life's been busy and the blog fell by the wayside.

I handled for Phil Joy for the start of the race. That just means keeping the dogs from getting tangled or from starting the race before they are meant to! Here's a photo taken by Stacia of the dogs, Phil, Kumi, and I at the start. They're all ready to go the 1000 miles that will put them in Whitehorse in a week or so. You can see how Phil is doing at the race site. It was a beautiful day, although it's always surprising how it can be beautifully sunny and well into the -40s. Ice fog lingered on the river until afternoon.