A view of the world from the eyes of a
human being...
Reporting in from the 2008 Iditarod in Anchorage, Alaska, where our
very own reporter calls home, we welcome Robin Rosay.
Iditarod Update #1
Good news and bad news already from the Iditarod front. Musher GB Jones
(your first picture today) scratched from the race after reaching
Campbell Airstrip after the ceremonial start. Cabela's reporter Jon
Little wrote that this was announced at the musher's pre-race banquet.
Not only did Jones scratch from the race, but is retiring from racing as
well. This is due to a previous illness.
Depending on who you are, this could be considered good news and bad
news. Montana musher and four-time Iditarod winner Doug Swingley has
retired from distance racing. He and wife Melanie Shirilla are into
stage racing. Apparently she is quite good at it.
This next item could be considered good news and bad news, too. The
first notorious part of the trail on the way to Rainy Pass, the Happy
River Gorge, turned out to be much better than anticipated, at least for
the race leaders. It's being reported this morning that after the first
seventy or eighty mushers had gone through, the trail turned into super
deep ruts with eight foot walls of snow on the sides. Nothing like a
good adrenaline rush first thing in the morning!
The second of today's photos are dogs from Laura Daugereau's
team. She is from Port Gamble, WA. Laura is currently in 65th place.
The last photo is of Norway's Sigrid Ekran coming down the Cordova Street hill. She was '07's rookie of the year. She and Aily Zirkle are battling it out over who has the most beautiful smile. Sigrid is currently in 23rd place, Aily in 22nd.
More to come...
Robin
Sledding anyone?
(Photos courtesy of Robin Rosay.)
Who are these 2 teams from the Afterburners Flyball Club in Ottawa,
Ontario -- Formula 1 and Pit Crew? Find out here.
What is Flyball? Find out more about this interesting sport by clicking here.
A view of the world from the eyes of Robin Rosay continues on the
next page...
(Copyright,
2008. Used with permission from Robin Rosay.)
Keep an eye open for different topics of interest such as: profiles on
people and their dogs, to name but a few interesting topics...Also, have a look at what Rita Susanto and "Justin" have been up to these
days.
Why not be part of "out and about" and send in your canine
companion's accomplishments to us. To do so, please send us a brief description of how you
both did in the event(s) along with the location(s) you and your canine were both in to: NK Concepts - Dog Supply Training Specialist.
