After 12 days, 13 hours, 6 minutes, and 11 seconds on the trail, Anna and her dogs arrived in Nome!! 11 dogs, Bib #12, arriving in 13th place, this marks Anna’s 13th successful Iditarod completion after 14 starts. It is also a new personal record for her finishing place.
It was 1:06am today when Anna arrived and it’s going on 4:30am as I write this. We have dogs to care for in the morning, Anna has meetings, arrangements need to be made to fly the dogs home, and there’s the finisher’s banquet. So I’m going to keep this post unusually brief.
Anna was led in by Rampage and Shoshanna. The other pups that made it all the way? Tesla, Mayhem, YoYo, Lacy, Brent, HotWheels, Platinum, Havoc, and Barge. They all have cozy straw beds in their Sky kennels, got a warm meal, and most of them promptly curled up to sleep when dinner was gone. Anna checked them all over thoroughly, put on dog jackets, and finally headed to our hosts’ for a meal, comfy clothes, and a real bed!!
And…. Surprise! When I realized how good this race was going for Anna, I simply had to go to Nome to congratulate her in person. I’ve been traveling since 3/12 and firing off Instagram and blog posts as much as I could. So if things seemed a little discombobulated, that is why!
We’re all eventually traveling Sunday and Monday, so I do have to ask you for a bit more patience. But give me a day or two, and I’ll be back with my usual novella posts and rambling commentary.
After all… we may have 16 teams into Nome, but 7 mushers and there dogs are still out on the trail. And this Mad Blogger keeps going until the final team is safely under the Burled Arch and the widow’s lantern is extinguished.
As Arnold once said - I will be back!
A few pictures from today to tide you over until I can bug Anna for more from the trail.
It was 1:06am today when Anna arrived and it’s going on 4:30am as I write this. We have dogs to care for in the morning, Anna has meetings, arrangements need to be made to fly the dogs home, and there’s the finisher’s banquet. So I’m going to keep this post unusually brief.
Anna was led in by Rampage and Shoshanna. The other pups that made it all the way? Tesla, Mayhem, YoYo, Lacy, Brent, HotWheels, Platinum, Havoc, and Barge. They all have cozy straw beds in their Sky kennels, got a warm meal, and most of them promptly curled up to sleep when dinner was gone. Anna checked them all over thoroughly, put on dog jackets, and finally headed to our hosts’ for a meal, comfy clothes, and a real bed!!
And…. Surprise! When I realized how good this race was going for Anna, I simply had to go to Nome to congratulate her in person. I’ve been traveling since 3/12 and firing off Instagram and blog posts as much as I could. So if things seemed a little discombobulated, that is why!
We’re all eventually traveling Sunday and Monday, so I do have to ask you for a bit more patience. But give me a day or two, and I’ll be back with my usual novella posts and rambling commentary.
After all… we may have 16 teams into Nome, but 7 mushers and there dogs are still out on the trail. And this Mad Blogger keeps going until the final team is safely under the Burled Arch and the widow’s lantern is extinguished.
As Arnold once said - I will be back!
A few pictures from today to tide you over until I can bug Anna for more from the trail.
