Thursday, March 6, 2008

Takotna 24's


To date, Takotna is our favorite checkpoint. We spent some time there a few years ago.

It's nestled into a hillside, the mushers were sleeping in the church. Dogs slept peacefully on the hillside, tucked away.


The villagers kept a huge pot of water boiling on the river bank for all mushers. The children were out of school and running errands on the snowmachines. A villager told me her husband had shot the black wolf in this photo. They depend on the moose population for their food.
The small shelter offered my first taste of mooseburgers. We shared picnic tables with the mushers and it was a great day.

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