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fladogfan wrote: You know AUK you are making me want to go again.

Be great if you could do it again!

Who is planning to go 2018?

Flower
Star
Jplife (?)
Me

And you would make 5. The famous five - how about that?

Apologies for being a bit over-the-top - it's just very exciting. . . . and thank FDF for the vocabulary lesson. Much appreciated.

After the consideration for moving the start to Fairbanks, and people's recommendations, I'm thinking Nome might be the way to go. I would hate to get there for the start and find it was moved!

The ceremonial start would probably still be in Anchorage, then give a day for fans and teams to move to FB. I think that is how it's been done in the past.

I would still be bummed!

flowerpower wrote:I would still be bummed!

I understand flower, go all that way with plans made and reservations in place and have to change at last minute.
I planned my Nome trip around going to the Red Lantern Banquet and that was the first year it wasn't held.
I think the ITC makes everyone keep up or else drop out so they do not have to do the RL banquet.
That's just my theory

When you were in Nome did you rent a car, or how did you get around?

flowerpower wrote:When you were in Nome did you rent a car, or how did you get around?

Taxi from the airport, and mostly walked. Though JeanieB, and the travelers2 and I paid a man to lead us on snow machines outside of Nome to see the musk oxen who live there. Very interesting and I had never been on a snow machine before! JB drove. She did good. And taxi back to airport. Nome is a small town and easy to walk to places. Of course we had a 'warm' time where the snow was melting from roofs during day and freezing to a walkers' nightmare overnight.

I would still like to go back. Volunteer like JB and moose did and attend the church that is across the street from the Nugget Inn.