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Photo by Jeff Schultz, official Iditarod photographer.

Alaska is gearing up for the 35th official running of the Iditarod Dog Sled Race. Starting March 3rd, the dog teams will pull their sleds more than 1100 miles through parts of Alaska where there are no roads. Dog and human food is now being dropped at checkpoints along the route. The race will take from 9-12 days to complete as teams race from the Anchorage area to Nome on the far western coast of Alaska. For more information, visit www.iditarod.com.

This year, Tess, and possibly Stephen, will be working the Yentna Station checkpoint. The family Tess babysits for apparently works this checkpoint every year. So they've invited Tess to join them to assist with their daughter (almost 2) and help out with the dogs... Options for getting to the checkpoint include a short ski-plane flight from Anchorage or a 35-mile snowmachine trip from Willow. The details are still being ironed out.