Saturday the Iditarod--the Last Great Race--had it's ceremonial start in Anchorage. The real start was Sunday afternoon in Willow. This is the 36th annual race and they have a record number of mushers and teams running this year. 95! For those of you who aren't familiar with the Iditarod, it's history goes back to when Nome had an epidemic and ran out of serum. The only serum to be had was in Anchorage and the only way to get it there was dog sled. They ran the serum on the actual Iditarod Trail and got the serum to Nome. To follow the Last Great Race you can go to http://www.adn.com/iditarod . We weren't able to go in to watch the start this year. I missed being able to do that. It is usually very cold but very fun! The dogs are so eager to run they can't stand still!
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