Comments on: Trail Mail in the Sled Bag!

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:42:50 +0000

I think it’s really cool that mushers get letters from students during the race. If I was running the letters would cheer me up for sure on a cold day.

The letters in the trail mail aren’t to the musher driving the sled. The Trail Mail is symbolic of how the sled dogs used to bring mail to the villages in Alaska. Zuma.

By: cameron

cameron — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:51:22 +0000

I think you are a smart dog

By: Denny Quinn & 3H

Denny Quinn & 3H — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Thank you to Rachael Scdoris and her wonderful dogsled team for making the classes’ dream of travelling along the Iditarod come true. We are very honored and proud to be a part of history through Rachael’s incredible journey. Thank you to Mr Leo Rasmussen and his team of volunteers for organizing such a great educational experience. The Iditarod has given the class a chance to learn about Alaska’s climate, beautiful landscape and terrain, culture, integration of mathematics through time, distance, and temperature, and how to take a story about the Great Serum Run and make it reality through this year’s event. As an educator for ten years, this is without a doubt the greatest lesson we have ever delivered. Our third graders will remember this amazing event forever. Thank you, Denny Quinn, Chartiers Valley Intermediate School, Pittsburgh, PA

THANK YOU for following the race!

By: conner Byrne

conner Byrne — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:41:57 +0000

Libby, how do you send letters to the iditarod
musher’s anyway? Your friend Conner.
Hi Conner, If you go to: http://iditarodblogs.com/zuma/author/gypsy/ and scroll down- you’ll come to an article Gypsy wrote about writing to mushers. It should give you the information you need. Thanks for writing

By: april

april — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:36:44 +0000

you are cute. do you ever get lost in the Iditarod?is it hard running in the race?i have a dog to.its a golden. from april Sometimes mushers get lost because they miss a trail marker or because there is a storm and the markers are hidden by the snow or blowing snow. Running any race can be hard. Dogs are well trained and ready to race before the race begins, making it much easier because they are used to running and pulling the sled. The dogs are in condition. They are strong and muscular. They are well trained and so is the musher.

By: Alex Mullins

Alex Mullins — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:25:12 +0000

My teacher put together a lesson plan on the Iditarod.I enjoy learning about how the mother of the Iditarod was Dorathy G. Page.We are learning about the Iditarod and Jr.Iditarod. I picked a musher named Deedee Jonrowe.Did you know she is in 13th place.
love,
Alex at Winter Park elem. school. 3/18/09
sounds like you’re enjoying the race. Thanks for writing.

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:43:44 +0000

Hi Libby myname is natalie i hred you befor you are so cuet i like learn a bot you your friend natalie.

By: mai

mai — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:41:49 +0000

i think zume is a some