Warming up in Whitehorse

We made it to Whitehorse after an all night drive. Megan, Paige and Cody drove all night and reached Whitehorse at around 2 on Thursday. Temperatures here were above freezing. Felt nice walking down the street in Whitehorse in a T shirt, but won't be so great for the dogs with their thick coats.  We heard rumors of swimming pools of water out there on the river, so should be an exciting race!

We went to the annual start banquet. Thanks to T Bear and Jenny Jaye for the tickets to the banquet. there were still 3! Here all the mushers for the 1000 mile race drew their starting positions. We had a great time hanging with our friends that will be racing. Below Mike Ellis and Kyla Durham are pretty proud of the teenage mutant ninja turtle t-shirt that Kyla just scored at value village to help her in her quest.


So today we are doing vet checks and mandatory meetings.. Then hopefully we can celebrage Paige's birthday a day early in Whitehorse. For the rest of the race Cody will be updating the Blog from checkpoints. You should follow race results on the YQ300 site at http://www.yukonquest.com/site/yq300-race-updates
or on their facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=6427726&id=245766914645#!/YukonQuest

Let the fun begin!