Yukon Quest Photos

We went to the start of the Yukon Quest dogsled race on Saturday and it was so interesting and fun. The race is considered to be the toughest dogsled race in the world, harder than the Iditerod. It's 1000 miles long going from Fairbanks, up through Eagle, down through Dawson City and ends in Whitehorse. They cover the distance in 9 to 10 days which is unbelievable to me. There are food cache's for the teams but that is all the help they get. They sleep on the trail and are pretty much on their own. I have to tell you about the white dog, he was so excited that he could not stand still. He kept jumping over the dog next to him. Finally one of the handlers had to come and hold on to his harness so that he would not get tangled in the lines.