CONT'D MARCH 17th DAY#16

 CONT'D MARCH 17th DAY #16 💚

Want to inform you of the latest from the trail: JENNY RODDEWIG, a rookie, had to scratch in WHITE MOUNTAIN with 10 dogs in harness. She was the last musher and was to be the RED LANTERN . I don't know any details but I'm sure she put her dogs first and did not want to push them any further.   We are all sad but she did her very best and we are all proud of her and hope to see her next year.                           

The next to last musher to finish was EBBE PEDERSEN, from NORWAY, a rookie. He said he wasn't in a hurry just wanted to finish and he wanted for himself and his dogs to have a rewarding experience. He said that they did!!!! He seemed very joyful!! Now he is RED LANTERN finisher for 2025.
As I have said, I do believe this is a very important award. This shows determination and spirit to keep going on even though everyone else is in front of you.

One of my favorite mushers is MILLE PORSILD, from DENMARK. She has spirit, loves her dogs, shows determination and was in the top 10 finishers. Her talk, at the banquet, spoke about how much in awe of her dogs intelligence and strength she is. THEY were the leaders she said, "I just drove the sled"!!!

ABOVE: JESSIE HOLMES WINNER OF THE 53rd RUNNING OF THE IDITAROD  WITH THE BEAUTIFULLY CARVED TROPHY-THE SYMBOL OF THE IDITAROD                                              MARCH 2025

My sincere thanks to anyone that followed my blog. I do hope you enjoyed it and appreciated how powerful these men, woman and dogs are. Please join me again next year - MARCH '26