2017 Iditarod: “The 57-year-old musher from Sterling won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday, shattering the speed record by nearly eight hours to steal the title of fastest Iditarod musher ever from his much-younger son, Dallas. ‘Fifty-seven used to be old, and it’s not anymore. I’m just letting you know that,’ Mitch Seavey said.”
See this Alaska Dispatch News story for more information and a nice video.
This is a photo of the RV campground in Seward, Alaska. Several people had small fires burning, and it was great to talk with the people there.
Painting of four sled dogs, from a motel in Healy, Alaska.
Some sled dogs playing “ball” before the 1,000-mile Yukon Quest starts in a couple of days. (Photo from this Facebook page.)
A little moose eating a tree, Wasilla, Alaska.
Diary entry from January, 18, 2011, Wasilla, Alaska: While on a walk this morning I came across a large moose. It was just standing there, eating a tree. I didn‘t bother it, and it didn‘t bother me.
Here’s an adn.com story about how a little shop in Palmer, Alaska “invented a machine that is cleaning the decks of aircraft carriers all over the world.”
Flashback to driving to Alaska in March, 2010: “If you try to drive through Canada in the winter with those tires you’re going to end up as a statistic.”
“The dogs have just returned from 10 days of breaking trail to Toklat and back.”
~ A note from this Denali National Park and Preserve page on Facebook
Diary entry from December 21, 2010, 1:45am, Wasilla, Alaska:
“Sitting outside with Jack Daniels and a few neighbors. Lunar eclipse is just starting, wish I had that better camera lens now.”
From “Winter Solstice Day, 2011,” two moose working things out in Palmer, Alaska.
A Facebook post from when I lived in Alaska in 2010.
Clear skies tonight, bitter cold, with a chance of Northern Lights.
~ weather in wasilla, alaska, december 13, 2010
Thompson Pass is the snowiest place in Alaska. It averages 551” of snow per year, and received 974” one year.
Northeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, they recorded -52 degrees Fahrenheit this morning. Brrr...
Had an unexpected reorganization at the company today.
Moved the desk around, re-positioned some lamps. (I work from home.)
This photo is from the Denali National Park Service Twitter account. I never saw this in Alaska, but they say the phenomena is referred to as a "Sun dog".
A note October 22, 2010: “I’m listening to the Armed Forces Radio Network while getting some work done at the Talkeetna Roadhouse.”
One reason why it’s hard to get home delivery in Alaska.
Here’s a photo from the Fairbanks, Alaska, “arctic cam” on this day last year (September 25, 2015).
