Well 2 weeks to go and I’ll be in Anchorage getting ready for the tour to begin. A week after that and it is Iditarod number 40!! It should be another great trip. Looking back over the decades, there were some years when one could question whether the race would last this long. But the Iditard has become a world class event that is well run and follwed by people all over the world.
Last year I met Pat Hurren, a resident of the town I live in now , who was the Iditarod Race Marshall several decades ago. Pat and and his wife Shelly are joining me for the 6 Day Race Start Tour and he is excited to be able to see some of his old friends from those early races. It should interesting for my clients to have one of the race marshalls with us. He is a real wealth of information and stories from those early Iditarods.

We think the best way to tell you about our tours are to show you some images of what you will experience on the trips.

Clients controlling dogs at the race start in Willow

At the race start in Anchorage controlling dogs

Iditarod 2012 is shaping up to be a great race. In celebration of the 40th running of this great event, the ITC has put up some interesting history about the race. You can check it out by following this link : http://iditarodblogs.com/news/2011/11/11/remembering-40-years-of-iditarod/ . For anyone who hasn’t experienced the excitement of the Iditarod Race 1st hand, this would be a great time to consider one of our tours of the race. We have quite a few returning clients this year who are either adding a new leg to their Iditarod journey, or revisiting their favorite part of the race. Over the next few days we will be posting a number of images from the years we have follwed this great sporting event.

Two of our clients who had joined us on a tour along the trail were interviewed by the local newspapers where they live. Marilynn from Austrailia did the 17 day Tour with us and had the following article published: “Dogs retrace the serum run.”
Donn did the 10 Day Race Start and Trail Tour and had this interview published: “Warm memories of the Iditarod.” He enjoyed that trip so much he has booked the Nome Finish Tour for 2012 to complete his Iditarod experience from start to finish. Maybe we will be seeing another newspaper article from him.