Iditarod

So far, we watched a video over the 2008 Iditarod. We are going to read The Call of the Wild by Jack London. Lance Mackey and Dee Dee Jonrowe are my favorite mushers. Lance Mackey has won three times in a row. He belongs to a club that only has four members, this club is for winners who have won back-to-back races. Every other year, the Iditarod mushers go seperate ways. On even years, the go on to the check point called Cripple and on odd years, they go onto the checkpoint call Iditarod. Dee Dee Jonrowe finished in 15th place in 2008. This year we are going to do Trail Mail, which is when you write letters and it stays with the mushers until they reach Nome, which is the finish line. I can't wait to read The Call of Wild!