Check out Iditarod and Independence Mine

I know you might be getting tired of our weekend snowshoeing trips but I love sharing them with you all, so may be someday, you would like to come and visit this beautiful state. We went to Hatcher's Pass last Saturday again and snowshoed to Independence Mine. It was a great site with snow everywhere.
Also you have to check out the Iditarod race. Already three dogs have died on the race because of the weather conditions and the burden of the road. It is a cruel but an exciting race. You should definitely check out the website. You can even get the map and see where the mushers are at this moment. It is so cool.

Snowshoe Race

We ran in our first snowshoe race today which was held at Eagle River Nature Center. It was a little bit more than 3 miles or longer than 5K. Considering the fact that I do not run normally, running that distance with snowshoes on almost killed me. Zion, my hero, actually stayed behind with me even though he could have probably finished with the others. I finished it in 42 minutes and Zion coming behind me finished it 43 minutes. Hey, we were not the last ones, as some of you might be thinking - we were second to last. It was awesome, even though I was in major pain towards the end and ready to kill Zion. I felt so much better as soon as we had some margaritas at a Mexican restaurant afterwards. Tonight, we are going to play Settler's of Catan with our neighbors. They also have the cutest baby in Alaska, baby Peter. He is posing with his first pair of shoes on the right. That's it from us for now. Hope everybody had a great Saturday.