Iditarod at Kaltag day 2

I got 3 e-mails from JaDee this morning. He made it to Kaltag and is gearing up for the first mushers to arrive tonight!

Nicole,
We are here in Kaltag safe and sound. We have a ton of food and are very warm. We have a phone number so you can call me. I can not call out long distance. Anyway we are talking to the locals and Scott is cooking dinner. Hamburger helper. I will write more later or in the morning. Love you and talk to you later. The #'s are below.
JaDee



Good morning

Well we aren't exactly roughing it. I had a bed to sleep in last night. It is still very dark outside. The people that I have met seem very friendly. This is the e-mail that I will use from now on because the Juno is slow and I forgot to log off and I do not know if you are able to use it if I am logged on. Any way I hope this finds you well. The first Mushers are almost to Eagle Island. That is about a 5 to 6 hour run from here. So I guess it depends on the amount of rest that they decide to take. I doubt much as there are only 3 tents there and they do not have a lot of heat. We have a nice heated community center for them to stay in. Scott is nice and we have gotten along pretty well. Our last flight of food will make it in today if the weather is nice. The little plane was pretty fun to fly in. We saw the trail from above. We sat and chatted with Tucker and Peter until 10:30 last night. They are pretty funny. I will probably take a shower and get ready for the day. The Yukon river is pretty big. It should be a pretty fun and exciting day today. Well take care and tell the kids that I love them. Until later.

JaDee
Kaltag - 2009 Iditarod


Well I have a little more time. It looks like the first mushers will be here tonight and most of the day tomorrow. It should get pretty busy. You can e-mail me back at this address if you want to. It is pretty crazy out here. I am charging my camera battery right now so that I will be able to take a lot of pictures of the dogs and mushers. Anyway I hope you are having a good time with the kids and they are not driving you crazy. If we got a babysitter maybe you and I could do KALTAG next year together. It would be like camping to you. I am sure there will be a lot more people coming in latter on today and tomorrow. Well I am off to take more pictures.

Love you.

JaDee