Alyssa, Laura, Inge and I, along with 12 of my wonderful dogs, made it into Whitehorse very early this morning (5am!). It took us 14 hours to drive from Fairbanks to Whitehorse, because once we crossed the Canadian Border, the roads deteriorated drastically and we found that in many places we were only able to drive 30-40mph! Plus, we did have to stop to drop/feed the dogs as we traveled. However, we all survived, though very tired...and made it to a hotel to sleep (not the original one that we had reservations for, that's another story of its own). Just a few hours later, we found ourselves at the Westmark Hotel in our Quest 300 driver/handler meeting. We got a nice trail report (not that I'll remember most of it...something about a Haw, Gee, DUCK under the McCabe bridge, then Haw again), went over rules, answered questions then did our bib draw. Laura said, "Wouldn't it be funny if you drew number 3, Tammi? This is your third try at this race, 3's a charm, and 3 is your lucky number." Guess what I drew?? Yep! Number 3. :o) Everything else has been uneventful, though Alyssa, Laura and Inge are truly wonderful handlers and are spoiling me rotten! Plus, they are having tons of fun with the video camera. (Yikes!)
The dogs are all looking frisky tonight, they were out playing and barking like puppies! We are looking forward to a full night of sleep (awww...Heaven!), then we're going to take care of the dogs again, go get breakfast and watch the start of the YQ1000 mile race at 11am Whitehorse time. After that, we are to be at our parking spot by 3pm, for the race start at 5pm. I leave at 5:06pm, as the 3rd musher out of a field of 17 in the YQ300.
For those wishing to follow along, please visit Stacie's blog at www.chaoskennel13.blogspot.com or www.yukonquest300.com for updates on the YQ300. They are having trouble with the Quest 300 site, so Stacie will place updates on both her blog and the YQ300 website (when it's working) as she gets them.
Wish us luck! The trail is fast and hard; so, I'm looking forward to a very fun race. Take care and I'll see you all on the other side!!! :)
-Tammi & (the Quest 300 team): Feather, China, Just, Dusk, Hopper, Anya, Ahab, Torus, Jake, Booger, Inu & Rocket.
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3 comments:
Your comment about the highway when you crossed into Canada is a bare-faced lie. I just drove from Beaver Creek.
Kenohill,
The road has frost heaves, holes in the pavement, dips and such. Plus, we were driving at night. Keno, please feel free to email me privately, but do NOT call me a liar. The road WAS worse and we DID have to slow down because they were worse than the highway down to the border. Once we got past Kluane Lake, the roads were great. Now during the day, we were able to make better time as we could then see the holes, road damage and slow down in those particular areas. Maybe that's when you drove?
I do hope you have a nice day.
Tammi - you're not the only one to talk about the rough road after they crossed the border into Canada!!
That section is notoriously bad.
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