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That's the most intense birthday cake I've ever seen! Is it trying to blow out its own candles?

Btw, hi and welcome D&A!

I can't wait for Mith and Spirit to be back!!!! If I miss you Mith, I'll talk to you soon. I am supposed to be driving to a conference today. However, it is sleeting here so I don't know if I have to go......(hope it freezes up real soon....want to 'watch' the race.

See guys, in Texas, everything shuts down for bad weather b/c none of us know how to drive.

CynCyn, I was wondering if you'd be traveling literally across Texas or virtually across Alaska today. I hope it's the latter. Be safe.

CynCyn37 wrote:See guys, in Texas, everything shuts down for bad weather b/c none of us know how to drive.

That's true. EVERYTHING shuts down.

It's 64 degrees in Texas where I'm at and warming up.

Not to rub it in, cyncyn!

Don't rub it in!!! Although I love the snow. Just not the sleet/rain mix we have right now.

Driving across a little bitty part of Texas today, Moose. Maybe I won't have to. So far, the conference is still on, but I bet a principal steps in pretty quick and calls this thing off. I would not want to be bussing kids from across the state into an area that has a 100% chance of snow today (Wichita Falls). But we'll see.

The good thing in this is as I sit and wait, in my nice warm bed, I can 'watch' the race and chat with you guys for a little longer!!!

Now, if I had some sled dogs, I'd be fine!!!!!

You'd be driving from west TX to Wichita Falls?? Yeah, definitely not good. Hope it's cancelled. Hey cyncyn, I see by your post count you've quickly made yourself at home. I'm glad! How long have you been following the Irod?

I like this home!!! This is the first board I have consistently posted on EVER!!!

I have just started following mushing. We went on a cruise last September. One of our excursions in Skagway was the Alaskan Sleddog Adventure. Wooooeeee that was so much fun. I emailed them and asked for names of the mushers. They sent me Joe Gans, thus my rookie pick, Jeremie Matrishon, and Hugh Neff. Now, I don't remember seeing anyone that looked like Hugh on our tour, but that is why he's my fav!

I love sports and have come to the conclusion that mushing is my favorite sport. It has so many elements in it that outshine my favs!!

Thanks for the welcoming atmosphere. I love it here!

Welcome and you're welcome!

CynCyn37 wrote:I have just started following mushing. We went on a cruise last September. One of our excursions in Skagway was the Alaskan Sleddog Adventure. Wooooeeee that was so much fun. I emailed them and asked for names of the mushers. They sent me Joe Gans, thus my rookie pick, Jeremie Matrishon, and Hugh Neff. Now, I don't remember seeing anyone that looked like Hugh on our tour, but that is why he's my fav!

I have a similar story. I had heard of the Iditarod, but after my first trip to Alaska (half of it also on a cruise ship) I learned much more about the race and really got into it. Then back in 2003(??) I found the now-closed Cabelas forum and the rest is history. We all migrated to the brand-new BSSD forums just in the past month after Cabelas shut down for good.

There's really only 3 things you need to know: We all love dog sledding, brownies and drinks with purple umbrellas!