Busy day at the checkpoint. I went down there before noon and there were four teams already in. Most of the dogs were sleeping and I didn’t want disturb their sleep so most of these shots were made with a fairly long lens. Lots of people helping out cleaning the area, hauling food and carrying trash. I have a couple of shots showing the veterinarians checking these dogs out.
When I got home with these pictures Lynn had a big pot of spaghetti cooking for the mushers and checkpoint staff. Apparently the food they were supposed to get didn’t arrive so the call went out to the community and folks responded with plenty of warm, high calorie food that they really needed.
There was a bit of drama as well, one of the dog teams missed a turn and went up the street next to the checkpoint. The musher got his bearings and arrived at the checkpoint without incident though.
I still have a lot of pictures to go through, lots of duplicated shots but I’ll get them processed and up as soon as I can.