She got to extinguish the light and got the Red Lantern Award as the last person to finish the 1000 miles from Fairbanks to Nome.
We are excited, because we have been following the race closely this year.
It is the third time she tries to finish the race. In her 1st attempt, she had a fall by one of the earliest stops. But the pain seemed to improve somewhat, and she continued halfway through the race. At last she had an x-ray, showing 2 pelvic fractures making her quit for fear of not being able to finish the race and properly care for her dogs.
Last year she had to quit because of bad weather, which affected many others as well.
Anyway….the Red Lantern Award she received stands for "Perseverance, hard work, determination, and the will to not give up". We think she deserved it!
And to top it all off, she finished with 13 dogs, a commendable number and indicative of great care in the prevention of injuries to her "team mates".
Here are a few pics we took at the start of the race this year.
Can you imagine so much energy!
From the front to the back,
everyone was ready to go!
Don't know who they looked at the finish.
Hopefully another year we'll be there to see them come in at the finish line.
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