I’ve run into the nicest folks along the trail and many of them have been veterinarians.  Many of these men and women make it a habit of going home and sharing their trail adventures in their local schools.  Gayle Tate of Woodbury, Tennessee, and Bill Sampson of Bernardsville, North Carolina, are two of these super nice guys. Yesterday, in between the long hours of volunteer work they were doing for the Iditarod here in Nome, Gayle asked me to send a message out to one of the schools he regularly visits. So here is a big “HELLO!” from Nome to Ann Bartholamew and her sixth grade class at Short Mountain Grammar School.  “Happy Trails!”  from Mr. Tate and Cathy Walters, 2009 Target^TM Teacher on the Trail.