Northview Diary

But we have plenty of winter. Some folks and their dogs make the best of it.

I thought that the Iditarod would probably be over when I got up this morning . It is not, but it won't be long now. Mackey is still in ...

The Apple Doesn't Fall Farm From the Tree has several pieces on mushers in the great race that are new to me and very interesting! She...

The new Cabela's official Iditarod site says that the trail this year is quite snowy so far. (Take a look at the photo of Jeff King'...

One of my favorite mushers called it quits this year as far as the Iditarod goes, although he will still continue to raise dogs for the gr...

The start of the race is fast approaching, so here is a link to Cabela's Iditarod site. It is the one I use to keep track of things. I w...

Come Back Kennels came back in a big way as Lance Mackey won the 2007 Iditarod and became the first musher ever to win back to back Yukon Q...

Day 10. As the leaders pass towns and check points with names like Shaktoolik and Unalakleet, this years race has turned into a dash for No...

Both 53-year old Doug Swingley and Dee Dee Jonrow e , same age, have scratched their teams from this year's race. Swingley is said to h...

My favorite sporting event of the year and the last great race has begun in Anchorage, Alaska. 82 teams, 1000 dogs, what could be more exc...

How could it be ? How could Susan Butcher, athlete enough to have won the Iditarod four times, probably one of the toughest people in the wo...

While we snuggled last night, safe in our beds, listening to a really nasty wind howling outside, Jeff King was racing under the burled ar...

Jeff King has the lead right now , having reached Shaktoolik, according to Cabela's , with Doug Swingley, Paul Gebhardt and Dee Dee Jon...

One of my favorite mushers has long been Jeff King . This is partly because he seems like a fine man who runs outstanding dogs. (In 2003 he...

Ramey Smyth is currently in the lead in the 2006 Iditarod sled dog race. Lance Mackey , now in 33rd place, set a blazing pace to Finger Lak...

My favorite sporting event of the year kicks off this weekend. More exciting than the Superbowl and World Series combined, the Iditarod Sl...