Start of the Yukon Quest Sled Dog Race
Today was simply an amazing day. The energy at the start of the Yukon Quest, combined with clear skies and energizing cold, makes for a superb Yukon Adventure.
I’m going to post these photos with very few captions, as I need to get to bed for an early start tomorrow, when we go to Skagway and Haines.
Jeremy and I took our guests over to the starting area at 9:30 so they’d have lots of time to check out the team preparations before the staging area is closed to the public so final race preparations can be done in peace.
The calm before the storm.
So the folks at Journeys by Jerry Van Dyke can see their sponsorship dollars at work, here’s Normand Casavant of Whitehorse.
At 1:00, we drove out to see a friend of Jeremy’s who has property on the Takhini River, along the race course. We arrived just as the first team was going by.
The smile on Ryne Olson’s face says it all. The passion that everyone involved has for this sport really is contagious. I don’t know that I”d want to do 1,000 miles, but the 300 would be a good start – if I was 30 years younger 🙂
I’m going to finish today’s post with this photo of Tony Angelo’s gorgeous team of Siberians.
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