It was actually 8 below this morning.  The training conditions have been very pleasant as there is just a little bit of snow on the ground to cover the gravel.  This has enabled us to travel a lot further now than what we have in past years.  The dogs are doing great, as they always do this time of year.  Still waiting for the rivers to freeze.

In other news, as a long time Phillies phan you could imagine my disappointment in tonights game(game 5) being suspended in the sixth inning.  This is a first in world series history.  If they had called it a half inning earlier the Phils would've won the whole thing.  Now we have to wait until tomorrow.

Good Luck this year in the race. I've been keeping tabs from time to time and will try to ring you before the race. Put Phillies Jerseys on the dogs for good luck.

omg ive been watching the race scince i was like 3 and this year we have to do a essay on A MUSHER AND I PICKED MATT HAYASHIDA I think he is awsome and hope he makes it in the top ten

I am doing the Iditarod in Language class and we got to pick mushers and my group and I picked Matt Hayashida!!!! He did great!!! I KNEW HE WOULD!!!! Great job Matt!!!!!