A Quest to Run a Road Race in Every State
I, of course, had heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog Race before heading to Alaska. But after an opportunity to meet Alaskan sled dogs and learn more about mushing I have become completely enthralled with the race. Reading books by mushers, getting up to the minute updates on last year’s race, and following several contenders […]
This post recounts more of our Alaskan travels during the summer of 2019. fallen trees along the race course, and air-born canopies. We were ecstatic, famished, and ready to launch what we thought of as our “real” Alaskan travels. After refueling and rehashing our race we were on our way to Denali National Park. We […]
Despite traveling to Alaska nine months ago I have been remiss in completing posts about our adventures there. Now that it looks like we won’t be traveling anywhere for the foreseeable future, I am savoring recalling the many activities that made this trip epic. Anchorage We had a couple of days to start exploring Alaska […]
As soon as we entered the terminal at the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, we knew we were in Alaska. Of course, that was where we planned to be but the surroundings instantly confirmed it. Even though our plane had landed in the middle of the night after traveling from Maine, we were mesmerized by […]
