Sweet!

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ANCHORAGE — The race clock for the 2015 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will start ticking in Fairbanks, not the usual takeoff point in Willow.

Members of the trail committee’s board of directors met Tuesday and voted unanimously to change the course due to low snowfall in some of the most treacherous sections of the trail’s roughly 1,000 miles.

Similar conditions forced the race’s restart to move from Willow to Fairbanks in 2003, bypassing the Alaska Range but keeping it roughly the same distance. The move to Fairbanks was considered in snow-starved 2014, too, and after the board’s decision kept mushers on the traditional southern route, the bruised and beaten up dog drivers criticized officials for not avoiding what some of them described as a catastrophe

Wow, cool! Apparently the Anchorage area is so snow starved there are bare spots..crazy. Hopefully it's not too cold so I can go watch!

Speaking of cold, after three weeks of bitter cold it FINALLY warmed up to 11! It's snowing too. I hate that these weather changes give me migraines, but I have Excedrin for that :P


Uhh..both??

1. How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
2. If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
3. What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
4. If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently?
5. Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
6. If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
7. What’s something you know you do differently than most people?
8. What one thing have you not done that you really want to do? What’s holding you back?
9. Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
10. If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why?
11. Why are you, you?
12. Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you?
13. What are you most grateful for?
14. Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
15. Has your greatest fear ever come true?
16. Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset? Does it really matter now?
17. What is your happiest childhood memory? What makes it so special?
18. Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?
19. If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job?
20. What is the difference between being alive and truly living?
21. What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you?
22. Decisions are being made right now. The question is: Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you?


Today's trivia: The Vatican Bank is the only bank in the world that allows ATM users to select Latin to perform transactions

Comments

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

I hope you get the chance to watch at least some of the Iditarod! That's great :)

Ugh, extreme weather changes are the worst for experiencing headaches and whatnot... I hope your Excedrin works well! Excedrin is magical lol, it is definitely one of my favorite meds as far as headaches are concerned!

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

I'm glad they made this decision, last years race was rough and this years would've been worse with more scratches and musher injuries if they didn't switch it to Fairbanks. I know many of the teams are still preparing for the worst case scenario and bringing extra booties, etc for the dogs. The Iditarod is technically one of my extreme sports I follow - yes, it is a sport.