Me either. But JaDee, that little devil who lives under a lucky star, gets to spend 5 days here next week as a volunteer on the Iditarod trail!
I am going to be watching British Dramas from Netflix and hanging out with the hooligans on Spring Break.
Wish I was in Hawaii...Barb...lets go!
Some more facts about Kaltag:
There are 117 males and 90 females.
It is 653 miles from Anchorage.
The nearest hospital is 274 miles away.
There are 26 students at the Kaltag; 3 of which are seniors. 
They do have a small airport. And apparently a snowmobile or 2. But they call them "snow machines" in Alaska. I want to get a coat for the boy running in the bottom right of this shot.
All photos courtesy of this website that I had to search and search for: http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/photos/comm_photos.cfm?comm=Kaltag
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I hear that seaplanes/skiplanes are the best way to get around rural Alaska, so it doesn't surprise me that they have a little airport. The fact that the hospital is so far away scares me.
Alaska doesn't have spring at "spring break" does it?
Yes! Buy that little boy a coat! What is wrong with him? Maybe it broke the freezing mark so it was time to break out the t-shirts! So what will JaDee do to help out with dog races? I hope your kids are good for you over spring break so you can get some good movie watching in!
It looks like a whole other world there. I hope JaDee has fun.
What an awesome experience to be at the Iditarod! Sounds like Alaska has been JaDee's dream come true!
JaDee called for Mitch the other night and Mitch wasn't home (he was actually with my brother Blake at the USU gymnastics trampoline gym practicing tricks to try snowboarding-- yeah, you can tell our husbands are brothers)-- anyway he told me all about this. My first question was how you felt about it, he said you were fine as long as you didn't have to go with him! He cracks me up!
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