March is Iditarod month here in Alaska. We go to the Re-start in Willow on the free shuttle bus each year. It's about 40 minutes South of Talkeetna out on Willow lake. Here we are with some friends on the bus. The musher in the photo is 4 time (in a row, going for a record 5th win) Lance Mackey. He comes from a mushing family and is a cancer survivor. We like him, he seems like the kind of guy you could sit and enjoy a beer with, just a laid back Alaskan. I love the shot of Jax and friend Shelby walking together arm & arm. Hawken fell asleep on my shoulders watching the dog mushing action and was pulled back to the shuttle in the sled that I'm glad I brought... The teams are now on their way to Nome on the North coast of our great state. It's a long, cold, crazy trail they are following out there. We have a couple Talkeetna locals in the race as well as my old boss from Steamboat Springs who is a rookie this year. He owns the dog sled tour company I was working for when I found out I was pregnant with Jaxon. It was a fun job, for a season, and I realized pretty quick I didn't want to be a musher. My kicksled with one dog is plenty for me... To follow the race check them out on the web at http://www.iditarod.com/
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