Iditarod 2014 Skwentna Checkpoint

Greg and Brian at the water station

Brian helping an unidentified musher

We left the RV parked in long-term parking at Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix on Feb. 24 and flew home to Anchorage for a couple of weeks.  Brian and Greg flew to Skwentna on the 28th to help "man" the Skwentna checkpoint for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.  This year was pretty warm and the trail conditions for the mushers and dogs were horrible with little to no snow in places.  Many of the mushers scratched just after the Skwentna checkpoint.

The plane getting it's engine heated

 before takeoff to Anchorage

On Thursday March 9, I got to "babysit" Sean's puppy, Kaya, for a few days while he was on a cruise.  What a cutie pie.  She just loved to play and play with Tessa (my old dog).  Tessa would play but when she had enough all she had to do was clamp down on the back of Kaya's neck and Kaya was putty in her "jowls".  It was too much fun to watch them.

Kaya, siberian husky, 6 months old

We flew back to Phoenix on March 11, then I flew to Waycross on March 12...........

And the journey continues.

Stay tuned.