Iditarod!

Ceremonial Start in downtown Anchorage, showing off the VIP pass

Tim and I waving from clear back behind the mob

Down near the dogs and the start line

The dogs were all very excited and needed nearly 1:1 dog to handler ratios

Musher with his Idit-a-rider

Enjoying their spot by the dogs

Running of the Reindeer: lame

Only ten reindeer and thousands of runners

Then we had to wait while they walked back to the starting line, poor reindeer

So we sought out another form of reindeer

Snow sculpture contest, finished

My favorite: Moose Hunt

Headed out to the lake in Willow, AK

The view along the lake

Here we are heading out from the cabin we met with

The mountain was quite majestic

At the official start

Watching them unload the teams

And more, it looked like quite the process

The first musher!

My goofy Iditarod nerd

One finally came on our side

Proof that they are indeed friends

We moved farther up the trail

Neon booties!

View along the bank, we watched all of them off

The airport drop-off

They got annoyed at my picture taking

We had a great visit with Tim and Darci... filled with enough 'Alaskan' things but plenty of time spent just hanging out. Hope to see you again soon!