Frizzell66 here. Checking in from Florida, but in a new location this year. Don't remember if I shared much while it was happening last year, but I spent the first part of last year's Iditarod in the hospital with a pulmonary embolis. Talk about painful! Anyway, in the aftermath of that incident, my wife and I decided to move on from the school we were teaching at in West Palm Beach and move back to be closer to family in Tallahassee, Florida. Lived with my parents for a few months (
) while our house down south sold and we found a place to live up here. We are now on 8 acres just southwest of Monticello, Florida, where we had freezing temperatures back in December and January (and even one morning of a few minutes of snow) but are now at a balmy 80 degrees - everything's growing all of a sudden!
Other biggest change will be following the Iditarod alone this year - no school kiddo's to bring along with me. Almost glad for that given the drama surrounding Dallas and all. Wouldn't have enjoyed explaining that to the kids.
Glad to be back here this year!
John