Hi-
I shared Kathy's postings about the KuskoSWIM from buserdog.com with my classes. Got to talk about why mushers would hang together in those circumstances instead of racing to beat another team, and I could see their minds imagining the wet and the cold. Rohn, our rookie musher, is going to carry a tshirt donated by our high school's athletic booster club on his sled during the Iditarod. Kathy says they'll try to get a picture of him with it at the finish line. All our kids on our sixth grade team, 70-some of them, signed the shirt as did our principals and, of course, us three teachers. We're looking forward to the shirt returning to us, autographed by Rohn and his family.
My family has a new member as of a week ago--we adopted a 4 year old Siberian from our local shelter. Don't know what her history has been, but she's sweet, and we enjoy going on the walks she takes us on. Sometimes, my 15 year old ends up jogging to keep up. We named the dog Morgan, after Phil Morgan, the musher I was an Idita-Rider with in 2005.
Everyone who's heading to Alaska soon, have fun, and do lots of posting so those of us at home can enjoy it vicariously.
Martha
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Martha,
That is great, how exciting!
I bet your students can't wait for the race to start. That is a super connection.
Meeting the mushers at the summer conference was such an advantage for us and our students. Not that the musher remember each one of us, but we have a name, face and personal contact to share with the students. I was thinking of printing off the pictures of mushers that I took during that picnic and posting them in the hall. Then letting the kids fill in the names as they do their research on the Internet. I am thinking they would have a great time doing that. It would give them another little webbased activity. They could also add an interesting tidbit that they learned about that musher and write a paragraph to go along with it! The supply police man at administration will probably start yelling because we are going through so many ink cartridges. All for a good cause.
Good luck to Team Buser!
Judi
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