Off For Nome, but First Nenana!

What a great day! We were expecting a bit of the madness from 2015, but it was all but gone and it is a credit to the Iditarod Trail Committee for pulling it off so nicely.

Rick Hanson and I ran around getting a few things and of course coffee and breakfast for Pete and the crew. Pete, Ron, Beth, and Ari, showed up just about 8:30 and everything just fell into place nicely.

This year they gave ample time for all Teams to make it to the Start Line and it just was a brilliantly nice day. It was cold enough that the handwarmers I had did nothing at all. But as the sun warmed, the warmers picked up speed, and it was hot action at below zero!!

Pete and the Team were off on-time at 10:50 am. The sun plays tricks with you this far North and it seems like much later. In any case, now we are blasting off to meet Pete and the Team in Nenana after a short break at his ranch halfway to Nenana.

I have lots of photos and video, but now we have to hit the trail ourselves!

Stay tuned!

Go Team Kaiser!

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