Laura

A collage of three images. On top is graphic with thirteen white racing bibs numbered one through thirteen on a blue background — 1 Lauro Eklund, 2 Jessie Holmes, 3 Kristy Berington, 4 James Bourquin, 5 Quince Mountain, 6 Jody Potts-Joseph, 7 Sam Paperman, 8 Sadie Lindquist, 9 Kevin Hansen, 10 Hugh Neff, 11 Rohn Buser, 12 Anna Hennessy, and 14 Adam Lindenmuth. Two photographs of the drawing event are positioned below the graphic — on the left is a blonde woman holding a microphone. She is wearing a black shirt with her sleeves pulled up near her elbows. On the right is a man with dark hair and a beard wearing a baseball hat and a hooded sweatshirt. He is also holding a microphone.

Bib drawing for the Kobuk440!
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[📸: kobuk440 on IG, left Anna Hennessy, right Quince Mountain]

I passed two different polling places as I did errands before going to vote — they were both PACKED. 🥹 And I was voter #463 at midday in a teeny township.

I know we broke records for turnouts in the bigger cites, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we did in rural counties too. 💙

Three screenshots from Instagram showing a woman in black snow gear and a red hat with her team of sled dogs. A black and white dog jumps up towards the camera in one photo and a tan and white dog is cozy in a covered dog house in another photo.

A peek at Anna Hennessy’s team in Kotzebue ahead of the Kobuk440
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📸: kobuk440 on Instagram

Oof. Legit my worst fear 🫣

🎶ANYWHERE THAT SHE TELLS US TO🎶

Min-AH-kwah is the pronunciation I’ve always heard from family

‘Igivearod’ raises over $130K for charities along the Iditarod trail A social media-driven fundraising group called the Igivearod has raised over $130,000 for local Alaska charities.

A social media-driven fundraising group called the Igivearod has raised over $130,000 for local Alaska charities.

Thank you for posting this!! My longhaired cat has mats in the same spot that legit sprang up overnight. 😵‍💫 And when combined with the extra floof spots around the house — I guess she’s joining the Spring Blowout Brigade. 😆🤦🏻‍♀️

Thank you to everyone who read and hit like on my updates.

I don’t know what next year will bring (in MANY ways 😆) but I know that I have no intention of leaving this community.

Y’all really are the best. 💛🐾

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A grid of nine notification icons — a black and white outline of a bell with a blue bubble on the upper right corner with the label “30+”

But this year it felt like the community that drew me in at the start.

The benevolent chaos, banter, and almost over-eager conversations were back again!

I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I was every time I saw this little icon 🥰

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One thing I still can’t quite get over is how different last year vs this year has been in terms of social media engagement.

Last year was so quiet!

Some people were here, some were over there 😆

I had no idea how to use this platform (still don’t, tbh) and it just felt different.

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Looks like Ebbe got to go out to the arch and extinguish the Widows Lamp. #Iditarod53

Hey #UglyDogs, this is your reminder to turn off the auto renew on your Insider. It defaults to renew so you do actually need to turn it off or you’ll get charged.

But first — more of this.

There’s still so much to digest from this running of the Iditarod… so many featured videos I haven’t watched, screencaps still untouched in my Dropbox.

I think I’ll hang for a while more (this is a seasonal account) as we collectively celebrate as well as lament over the 53rd Iditarod.

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Well, friends.

I guess it’s time to end these pupdates after 13 days, 20 hours, and 54 minutes. 💛🐾

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It's that time of year again...

It wouldn't be Saint Patrick's Day without the Leprechaun Brothers singing Danny Boy 🍀

The Swedish Chef, Animal, and Beaker from the Wally Boag episode of The Muppet Show in 1981

Jenny Roddewig chose to scratch in White Mountain in the best interest of her team (her family has said it was fully her decision).

Ebbe Pederson is this year's red lantern and will be given the honor later today. #Iditarod53

Correction, there has been an official announcement.

Jenny Roddewig has scratched at White Mountain in the best interest of her team.

This makes Ebbe Pedersen the Red Lantern for the 53rd Iditarod.

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A figure in a head lamp stands next to a dog sled in a checkpoint along the Iditarod trail

Oof. More light means that we can clearly see what I missed in the last photo — Jenny’s team is no longer hooked to her sled. 😔

An official announcement has not come yet, but it looks like Jenny Roddewig has scratched in White Mountain.

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Dawn arrives in a checkpoint along the Iditarod trail. A woman in a headlight is beside her sled dog team who are sleeping on beds of straw on the snow.

The sun is starting to come up in White Mountain!
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a cartoon cat is standing on a pink background and giving a thank you gesture . Alt: a cartoon cat is standing on a pink background and giving a thank you gesture .

A shout-out and THANK YOU to @tonichelle.bsky.social and @akchick.bsky.social for covering the banquet last night!

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Two figures in headlamps work around a sleeping dog team in a checkpoint along the Iditarod trail. It is quite dark out.

Still in White Mountain, but a bit more activity!

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I guess Jenny wasn’t quite as ready to leave as I thought she was. 😆

Will keep you updated

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The Golden Clipboard goes to the checkpoint of Grayling with honorable mention to Shaktoolik!

Superior dog care award is next! Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award goes to Paige Droby of SQuid Acres!!

Ebbe Pedersen has finished in 21st!

And Dane Baker has finished in 22nd!

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A dog team is sleeping on beds of straw in a checkpoint along the Iditarod trail. They are wearing red jackets. A woman in snow gear beds over the dogs at the front of the line and offers them a snack. The headlamp she’s wearing illuminates them like a spotlight on the dark.

A dog team is sleeping on beds of straw in a checkpoint along the Iditarod trail. They are wearing red jackets. A woman in snow gear beds over the dogs at the front of the line and offers them a snack. The headlamp she’s wearing illuminates them like a spotlight on the dark.

Our Red Lantern, Jenny Roddewig, is up and moving and getting ready to leave White Mountain!
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*finisheS… I need more coffee 🤪

Good morning, Race Fans!

Welcome to Monday, March 17! 🍀

We had a few finished while I was away and one musher is still on the trail — Let’s dive in!

Wait! Leaving you with one final moment of IditaMom Shade —

My mother, upon hearing that this is the 53rd Iditarod: You’d think they’d have solved most of the problems by now… but not so much.

💀 WHEEZING

#MusherSky