by Midnight the Black Cat
Hello! This is Midnight Bewhiskered reporting for the Webkinz Iditarod 2013! The mushers have flooded the first checkpoint, Deep Forest Lodge (special thanks to Andy Jarrard and Juliet Bewhiskered for running this checkpoint).
Early in the morning, we catch our first sight of the teams
coming for us. Sardina’s sled has tipped over! Eventually, she gets herself
back up. She is trapped between Vesuvius’ team and Felicity’s team and can’t
get through! She definitely won’t be the first to reach the checkpoint.
Vesuvius and Felicity are neck-in-neck, but Vesuvius gets there first. The mushers in the back of the line are finally getting somewhere!
Vesuvius, Shylock and Felicity sit along the sidelines and
get a good meal while the others get there.
Sylvia’s and Daddoo’s teams are around at the backside of the checkpoint eating quietly. All the dogs are looking good so far. Some of the mushers are worn out!
After some eating and a bit of resting, a lot of the mushers
are off already. All the mushers have to take a 3-hour and an 8-hour rest along
the way, so Shylock tucks his cats in for a 3-hour rest and waves goodbye to his
girlfriend, Felicity, as she decides to continue on. Cobbler’s team also takes
a 3-hour rest. Ella follows their example, as she and her dogs are pretty tired
from their traumatic rescue the night before. The cat on Ella’s team, Zahra,
has a minor cut on the left front paw, we’re guessing from all that
uncontrolled running last night, but we think it will be ok, especially with
the 3-hour rest.
It’s quite fortunate that almost all of the dogs and all the
mushers are looking great so far, because no doubt they will run into more
obstacles and injuries along the way. I’ll catch up to you at the next
checkpoint, but for now, Chiporry will give you a bird’s eye view of the race
along the trail!
