Yay Honey!!!

It was a busy day on the trail. I finally got an e-mail form him. It is -20 up in Kaltag!!

Hi dear,
Well it was about 11:00PM last night and "Tucker" the Village elder
in charge of Checking in the Mushers took the clip board that he was holding
and handed it to me and said now you are the checker. Yea I have been doing
my job and checking in and out every musher here. So I have the signatures
of all of the top mushers.

About noon the wind wiped up to 20 mph. The day
started at -20 and warmed up to a lot worse. I have done everything from
driving a sled to walking a team out to making sure one waited his full 8
hours. I have gotten tons of pictures but it is so cold that the battery
only lasts a few hours. But the professional cameras batteries were dying
also.

There have been a lot of very nice people and some that are jest
trying to get out. My picture is on the iditarod.com pictures for today. ( go about halfway down the thumbnails in the left hand column).
We worked with 5 dropped dogs today. Some dogs look really well and others
are tired. I now believe that it is all the dogs and not the drivers.

I cooked Salmon last night. I could not remember the recipe so I made one up
and every body seem to like it. One guy said complements and I am hard to
please. They are all sad that I am leaving tomorrow, but I tell them that I
have to pay rent.

It has been cool to talk to all of the vets. That is the
one thing I never realized is how many vets volunteer.

Well I love you and I
am a little tired. My shift is over at Midnight and the rest of the mushers
for the night will be in by then. I will work until my plane takes me out
of hear. Every body is amazed that you helped me get here and having only
been here since December. Well I love you. I might get another chance to
write you but I do not know.

Love


JaDee
Kaltag - 2009 Iditarod