Webkinz Iditarod 2013: Checkpoint: Deep Forest Lodge

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!