Potluck.......I have never seen anything like this!

3 or 4 (who’s counting !!) 8 ft. tables of food……….turkey and ham already donated by the people from Tok – a lot of it was typical potluck (green bean casserole, mac and cheese, etc.) but much of it was very Alaskan……salmon casserole (delicious!!) and things I tried that I loved but didn’t really know what they were!! And then 2 tables of dessert!! Great musher clubhouse – huge and all great big logs – I will take a picture for you –
Up at the “real” crack of 6:30 (first time up this early the whole trip……what dedication!!) so that we could feed breakfast to the crew and be able to drop at 9 before I went out on the 6 dog race (PS in case you weren’t keeping track – this is Cris’ first race in Alaska!!) – 20 degrees but feels warm to us! The race track was beautiful……out through flat land that had burned off so has many small 4-6 inch diameter trees very close to the track (if you fell you would likely have a close encounter with an Aspen………) and lo and behold (that’s how inspiring it was) as I am returning on the homecoming trail……….you look up and can see above these little trees…….the beautiful mountain range, all snow covered and so immense…so majestic…… and made me feel so lucky to be able to be here and be healthy enough to enjoy it! Thank you, God!! And to make it even better…….I am in 19th position out of 28 with a hugely competitive field- only 1.5 minutes difference from 1st place to me!!! Only 23 seconds in to 18th and only 10 seconds out of 20th!! Very close……
Randy went out with 14 dogs and one of the yearlings (Spec) hurt him a bit because she never pulled and then started neck lining –but not bad enough to load her- he finished 10th and is only 23 seconds out of 9th but the 11th place woman told him to wear his “Milkbone underwear” because she would be after him tomorrow with only 11 seconds behind Randy!!!
We are invited to a bonfire tonite but Randy is sleeping right now still trying to get over the cold – and don’t know if we will make it- but still nice for the invite!!
I can hear back in the dog trailer the 2 little puppies we are bringing back to Michigan for Lynzie Bachus (sorry if I murdered your name) they have their own box and food and last nite , first nite I only heard them once. When it gets warmer I can take them outside a bit (they are only 6 weeks old) and hopefully keep track of both of them!! Will update you on the race results tomorrow!!!!!!!!!