Iditarod Dog Sled Races

#21 Dallas Seavey waving as he passes by
#21 Dallas Seavey

Kyla got a dog bootie from one of the mushers

Throwing snowballs at Mommy

Kyla and Daddy watching the dog teams run by

Dog Musher Tom Thurston's Dogs

#18 Aliy Zirkle

Lance Mackey waving at us

#17 Lance Mackey's Dogs

Lance Mackey- winner of the past 4 Iditarods


Today was the ceremonial start of the Iditarod in Anchorage. Kyla had art class at 10:00 am so we were not able to make it to the start of the race in downtown, but we found a great little spot near the finish to watch some of our favorite racers. We were able to see Dallas Seavey go by, he is 24 years old and finished 8th last year. He just won the Yukon Quest and could be this years Iditarod winner too. We met Dallas over the summer when he was living next door to us. We also got to see his dad Mitch Seavey go by who has won the race once in the past. We were also excited to see Lance Mackey go by, who was the winner for the past four years. He is the only person to ever win four years in a row and if he wins this year he will be tied for most ever wins.

We watched and cheered for about 15 mushers before Kyla was cold and ready to get some lunch. Kyla had fun watching the dogs, clapping for the dog mushers and throwing snowballs at Mommy. One of the mushers even threw a dog bootie to Kyla as a souvenir. It was the first time that both Jon and Kyla have watched the Iditarod. Now we will be watching coverage of the Iditarod on tv for the next two weeks and hoping for Dallas to win and if he doesn't then Lance.