by Chiporry the Cardinal
Poor Midnight is still recovering from his busy work with the dogs and mushers, so I took the job of writing this report for him.
The mushers arrived at this checkpoint around the time of 4:00, some before, some after.
There were rumors that this would be the best checkpoint, and, from what I could see, that was correct. There was lots of food for the mushers, a S'mores fire, live piano music, a special spot just for the sleds...
...and even a place for all the dogs!
Chloe and Sophia played beautiful songs on the piano, and Midnight took care of the dogs, while the mushers settled into their 8-hour rests relaxing, eating, roasting marshmallows for S'mores, and chatting about memories of the 2011 Iditarod.
It was hard for the mushers to leave after falling in love with the checkpoint, but they knew it would still be there next year. They left around midnight.
Daddoo also stopped at the checkpoint for about half an hour and is now about 3 hours ahead of everybody. They'll catch up when he takes his 3-hour rest at the last checkpoint before the finish. I can't wait to see who wins...
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