Pete signing into Tuluksak on the way to Kalskag. Photo By Valerie Bue
Next time you head out on the river, take my advice (or actually my wife’s advice 🙂 )- Spare tire and jack! But for the help of friends on the trail, this reporter and his wife would be sleeping in the truck in Akiak. A wrong turn and a bit of a detour put us behind the other trucks on the river trail to Tuluksak, but then a flat tire ended our hopes of greeting Pete and the Team in Tuluksak. Many thanks to Doug and Val Bue for giving us a ride back to Bethel.
Back to the talk of the trail-
Teams rushed into Tuluksak this evening following this year’s rabbit, Lance Mackey. At one point there were up to 6 teams waiting for checkers to sign them in as they came in together stacked up in the checkpoint.
Pete and the Team were the 11th team into the Tuluksak checkpoint at 11:43pm and departed just a minute later. Word from the folks gathered to watch was that the Teams were lively and looked great. Go Team Kaiser!
Tonights weather has been updated-
TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG THE COAST. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WIND CHILLS 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. LOCALIZED AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG THE COAST. HIGHS 10 TO 15 ABOVE. NORTH WIND 15 TO 30 MPH EXCEPT NORTH 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG THE COAST. WIND CHILLS 5 BELOW TO 20 BELOW.
