Welcome! Join us as twelve seventh and eighth grade students from Brooksville travel to Anchorage and McGrath for an educational adventure that includes the 2011 Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
McGrath Checkpoint
We got to see a lot of mushers come through the checkpoint tonight and it was incredible! Most just went right through when they were done being checked but a few stayed for a few minutes and one musher is taking his 24-hour layover here. Some of the mushers that came were Martin Buser, Lance Mackey, Dallas Seavey, DeeDee Jonrowe, and Aliy Zirkle. I only got one autograph and that was from Dallas Seavey but I had others from the start of the race in Anchorage. It was pretty cold but we had a room that we could go into and warm up, also there was food that we could get at the Snack Shack. One of the things that I noticed about McGrath is that you can see a lot of stars in the sky. Tonight was really clear so we could see the big dipper right above us. I can't wait for tomorrow to hopefully see more mushers and just to hang out at the checkpoint!
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That's so cool. One of the things that impressed me so much when we moved to Maine was how close the night sky seemed. I guess it's even closer in Alaska!
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